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G-Code, CAD, and CAM => G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions => Topic started by: BenGatti on October 05, 2006, 07:27:57 PM

Title: Limit on G-Code length?
Post by: BenGatti on October 05, 2006, 07:27:57 PM

My Mach 3 (latest V) on Win XP Home only loads about 1000 lines of G code, it displays the project based on those 1000 lines - and will run them - but my actual file is 4000 lines long (Bob-Code).

Any Ideas?

Ben

Title: Re: Limit on G-Code length?
Post by: Chip on October 05, 2006, 08:37:50 PM

Hi, Ben

1000 line liimet  with out licence Ver. If you have a licence copy it to your Mach3\ dir.

Hope this Helps, Chip

Title: Re: Limit on G-Code length?
Post by: paul_smith632 on February 11, 2007, 12:35:07 PM

you can get around the 1000 line limit by calling subroutines.
split the original file into 800 (or so) line segments, adding the return code to the end of each. 
Consecutively name each file.
create first file to do nothing but call the subs.   p.s. put your subs in the subfolder.
I've processed over 200k lines this way.
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