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General Mach Discussion / Re: Newbie needs help!

« on: February 10, 2012, 05:56:29 AM »

Here is some info that should help.
RICH

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Feature Requests / Re: Lathe probing/digitizing

« on: February 09, 2012, 06:46:58 PM »

How about taking a picture ,a few measurements, and drawing over it in CAD?
Could use CopyCat and then change out X and Y to X and Z in the code.

RICH

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: how to modify copycat?

« on: February 08, 2012, 12:02:10 PM »

I think CopyCat is part of NFS Wizards so you'll need to get in touch with talk Ron Ginger.
The code is not open source.

RICH

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Machine type for Mach3

« on: February 07, 2012, 03:35:58 PM »

I am guessing that the cam will select a post processor based on the machine you have. If Mach3 is not listed then Fanuc may work well.

RICH

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: LazyCAM Plasma Different Feed per Layer - Is it Possible?

« on: February 06, 2012, 04:50:43 PM »

Dan,
Unless there is a plasma user of LC and can help, you just need to hack away since there is no documentation
for LC plasma use.
RICH

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Question about buying MACH3

« on: February 06, 2012, 06:53:22 AM »

What version of windows are you using?

Delete all versions of Mach that you have installed. That includes all the directories where you installed it before.
Install Mach3,copy your license into the directory where Mach was installed. When Mach opens you will see your license dispalyed.

RICH

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Tangent Corner / Re: First Snow of 2012.

« on: February 05, 2012, 05:23:06 PM »

Rumor has it if it was Tweakie, he probably would not have any clothes on.... and .....you wouldn't want to look at that picture in the snow or any other background, once over lightly or sunny side up. Egg on my face for the rumor.

RICH

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Milling SolidWorks Model

« on: February 05, 2012, 05:13:29 PM »

FWIW,
I do all my 3D in Autocad and save as a stl file. The stl file is used by MeshCam and generates the gcode.
It works quite well for what I'm doing. Most of the prep work here is done in CAD so that there is no need to manipulate the file
in MeshCam. Just the way I am working. The MeshCam pathing is more advanced than CamBam 's and one can quickly modify
parameters and see the results. Cutviewer Mill is used to check out the generated code and have found it very helpfull when and if the generated code needs to be modified. As a hobbiest, didn't want to spend a fortune, but then it all works for me.

Your choice may certainly be different since it's a buisness decision.

RICH

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