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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 scaling using M51

« on: October 26, 2022, 10:18:30 AM »

You will have to do some coding.
It does appear much harder than it is once you have started.
Here is a link for a document I made as I was learning how to do it.
It should help you.
https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=43260.0;attach=54239

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 scaling using M51

« on: October 26, 2022, 09:52:28 AM »

Like in my code i showed you i  set a variable and then set the scaling to that variable.
A value of 1 is 100%

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 scaling using M51

« on: October 26, 2022, 08:36:31 AM »

I think you are referring to g51.
I use an mc.AxisSetScale with a camera that finds fiducials and scales the x and y accordingly.
This is where it sets the scaling.
                        --calculate y scale amount
         ScaleAmountY = (BCOffTtlLnth / BCGcdTtlLnth)
         --set x scale amount
         mc.mcAxisSetScale(inst, 1, ScaleAmountY)

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mach4mill Postprocessor

« on: October 07, 2022, 05:38:38 PM »

Just out of curiosity what software are you using?

Bill

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Z Axis losing reference point

« on: September 19, 2022, 01:03:49 PM »

Does your gcode have tool info in it?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mirroring tool path in tangential mode Mach4

« on: August 24, 2022, 01:29:17 PM »

I know how to rotate it but not mirror it.
In your toolpath software change the 0,0 point to match your machine.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mirroring tool path in tangential mode Mach4

« on: August 23, 2022, 08:16:50 AM »

The only reason you are needing to mirror your gcode is because you have the machine set up incorrectly.
Fix that and the knife will work.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mirroring tool path in tangential mode Mach4

« on: August 22, 2022, 11:00:45 AM »

The problem is trying to mirror your gcode.
Maybe there is a way to make the knife face correctly when you mirror but i do not know it.
It really sounds to me like your machine is set up incorrectly if you have to mirror gcode to make it run.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mirroring tool path in tangential mode Mach4

« on: August 18, 2022, 12:51:11 PM »

It sounds like you need to rotate the blade 180 degrees from home and zero it.
On my machines I need to so it is facing the correct direction.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: what is wrong with this g code

« on: August 17, 2022, 08:14:38 AM »

thanks swifty

it is not a huge deall i just use Mach on this pc for playing with LUA and helping me remember where buttons are when talking to a customer.

Bill