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1991

General Mach Discussion / Re: Calling all post processors. ( Help me to help you )

« on: July 14, 2007, 02:31:39 AM »

Metric or inches, lathe or mill?

Graham.

1992

Finished Screens / Re: New User Friendly Practical Lathe Screen (with space shuttle acc.)

« on: July 09, 2007, 12:14:02 PM »

That looks good.  Keep up the good work.

Graham.

1993

General Mach Discussion / Re: brand-newbie needs help setting up plasma/router table

« on: July 09, 2007, 07:19:44 AM »

Can you beg or borrow a win XP machine from somewhere and set up Mach3 on that.  If you can, you can then copy all the Mach3 setting from the XP machine onto your *********sta machine.  You will get a lot more help using XP.

Graham.

1994

General Mach Discussion / Re: Question about Mach3 and inputs

« on: July 08, 2007, 05:23:02 AM »

Hi,

Mach3 has 2D and 3D digitising, this will produce a cloud point for you, look under the wizards and search the forum for more details

In the config you can assign an input pin to be the trigger for the probe input

Graham.

1995

General Mach Discussion / Re: 2 pc's

« on: July 03, 2007, 06:28:09 PM »

No problem. Install the demo version on as many as you like.

Graham.

1996

General Mach Discussion / Re: Shapes / Run from here ???

« on: July 03, 2007, 06:21:04 PM »

Have a look at the wizards.

Graham.

1997

Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / Re: Absolute coordinates in G2/G3 circular interpolation

« on: July 03, 2007, 06:13:58 PM »

Its in the documents somewhere but I forget where.

Graham.

1998

G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Can one use a combination of G52 and G41

« on: July 03, 2007, 06:06:41 PM »

Hi,

G52 is a sub datum, to use this you must specify a position from your datum to the sub datum point e.g.

G52 x2. y4. z5.

Once you have done this you can then use g41/42 to offset your cutter.

G21 G40 G00 G90

G52 X2. Y4.( shift datum )
G00 X0 Y0  (move to new zero)
Z.1
G01 Z-.5 F2.
G41 X10. F10. (apply comp)
G03 I-10. (mill circle)
G40 X0 (cancel comp)
G00 Z1.
G52 X0 Y0 (cancel shift)
M30

Graham.

1999

Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / Re: Absolute coordinates in G2/G3 circular interpolation

« on: July 03, 2007, 03:43:23 PM »

At the start of your gcode, on a line of its own enter G90.1 this will tell mach that arc I & J are to be absolute.

Graham.

2000

General Mach Discussion / Re: Shapes / Run from here ???

« on: July 03, 2007, 03:27:47 PM »

You have to cut the bits out of the file you want to use as the M30's in the file stop the process.

Have you tried changing the' Display mode' and then doing a re-gen.

Graham.