Hank,
Post any dxf that dosn't work.
Make note of what Chip has done to your files. Also make note of how he changed the profile relative to 0,0,0
/ you drawn the profile in the -x + y quadrant / 9 to 12 o'clock quadrant in watch terms.
When you set up a tool in LazyTurn are you then creating it? Then select it as the one to use?
How you save a tool in LazyCam Turn is done a certain / different way and info is in the manual.
If you have a bad / inferior drawn / or problematic dxf, lazyturn will give you errors, and as stated
in another post, if the image dosn't happen then the drawing needs to be revised.
SOME COMMON MISTAKES IN THE DXF:
- Not drawn in the upper left quadrant and only showing one half of the profile
- Profile not located to the left of 0,0,0
- Lines, curves, circles, or whatever do not connect to each other
- Poor transitions between parts of the profile
- Elements of the profile are not imported because they were shut off before the dxf was made
- A negative element ( a line....even a little dot .....just a pixel.... is in the negative side of the profile
- Multiple lines ( one drawn over the other )
- Differences on how the dxf is created by diifferent programs and the differences between dxf fiel versions
- Elements which are attached to the profile by mistake and actualy touch it
Just a few drawing items that come to mind.
As far as generating Gcode from that profile, well, that is another story. We have done some stuff in here for testing
, but, practicaly speaking, even if the code was generated you may never be able to machine it without manipulating
the code, breaking it up into the proper or practical machining sequence. So the gcode is another story.
RICH
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And just when you think you are the master of the profile, artesan of the mouse, checker of checker, some little pixel fragment
comes along and humbles you again! and again....and again.......
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