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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Ignore Tool Changes setting?

« on: July 12, 2021, 09:16:02 AM »

I may be wrong.... but I don't think Mach4 ever had that option; mach3 did.
If you wish to use the tool change at a later date, then you should do what I did on a machine; I added a button that toggled an input to either use the ATC or not. 
If the input was active the machine would just sit and wait for a manual tool change with a message box popped up, if it was not active, it ran through the automatic tool change sequence.
You could do the same thing, where if you have your own "Ignore tool change" button active then the machine would just run to the end of the m6 macro and ignore everything in the middle.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Why doesn't this work? (FEED HOLD state)

« on: July 02, 2021, 03:07:37 PM »

Just want to watch this thread.  I tried to do this when Mach4 was just a tiny baby and I didn't know anything about LUA  HAHA

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Table Import/Export redux

« on: July 02, 2021, 10:02:13 AM »

Here is the Mach4 Post that outputs G10 D & H Values. 
***The H Value is for the Length Below Holder. ***
If you need it changed to overall length let me know. 
Flute Length seems to be the same as length below holder; maybe there is a bug inside Fusion for this variable. 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Table Import/Export redux

« on: July 02, 2021, 09:49:40 AM »

I've got this working for the tool length.  I just need to know what length you're looking for.

  Overall length, length below holder, flute length… ?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Table Import/Export redux

« on: July 01, 2021, 06:25:10 PM »

Joe,
I’ll work on this tomorrow. I’ve got to add a variable for the length or height.
What tool length do you need from fusion?  Overall length, length below holder, flute length… ?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Table Import/Export redux

« on: July 01, 2021, 11:41:39 AM »

Yes, the post that uses g10 can output d and h. I have it set only to d right now but I can edit the post processor again to output h. Would you like me to do that and post it here?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Table Import/Export redux

« on: June 21, 2021, 11:26:39 AM »

Joe,
What are you looking to add to Mach4's tool table?  Length, Diameter, Wear, etc...?
I made a post for Fusion360 that uses  G10L1 to output the tool's diameter into Mach4.  ]
It uses Fusion's tool information.  I want to use it for the diameter mainly, so it uses the tool's diameter from Fusion to put the D information in the G10L1 line.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: What's the proper way to pause a run for an end of shift scenario?

« on: June 17, 2021, 04:11:32 PM »

What do you mean by
 

when I restart the run it starts just fine until it clears

If you feedhold and then that stops your machining process entirely. 
If you feedhold the machine for a period of time and hit cycle start again, what exactly happens?
I don't think I've ever had an issue like this. 
I have jobs that will wait on toolchanges over night and I come in the next day and change the tool with no issues. 
I've hit feedhold on a machine before and went to help other people in the shop to come back and hit cycle start again with no issues.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Length Offset Macro Program

« on: June 16, 2021, 02:47:18 PM »

Yup, that could be it.  Like I said, it could be a version issue.  I haven't installed a new version of Mach4 on a mill in well over a year.  No need to if they're all running fine.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Length Offset Macro Program

« on: June 16, 2021, 09:51:25 AM »

I suppose that’s what you’ll have to use for G31.1 the 5073.
Also, the manual on the website isn’t correct. I just checked.
You’ll need to look in your mach4 directory under docs.
It has a current programming manual.