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G-Code, CAD, and CAM => LazyCam (Beta) => Topic started by: jguillen on April 20, 2006, 01:57:13 AM
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Hello,
I am trying to generate g code of an escape wheel for a homemade clock. The escape wheel is similar to a gear but the teeth are slender and slanted. The problem is that the g-code that is generated has" z moves" between each tooth and it jumps around between theeth. One thooth of the gear will get cut, then the z moves up and moves ahead past the next tooth, cuts back to the tooth that just got skipped , and so on.......
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I think there is a gap from line to line... This will cause the problems that you are seeing. Could you please send me the file and I will check to see if this is the problem.
Thank you
Brian
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Hi Brian,
Here is the the dxf file and the Gcode that Lazy cam is out putting.
Thanks,
Jose.
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Thank you for the test files ! I will have a look at them as soon as I can.
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The arcs for the tips of the gears overlap the lines that they should be connected to. You need to clean up your drawing so that all the endpoints meet.
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Gerry thank you for looking at that. I have been working on Gerber files and have not had the time to look at that other file (Hard to change once you are started on a bit of code...)
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Hey Guys,
Don't Know how I overlooked that over lap.
Thanks for your help.
Jose.