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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: alexus on February 05, 2012, 08:09:43 PM

Title: G-Code Cut or Missing When opening in Mach3
Post by: alexus on February 05, 2012, 08:09:43 PM

Hey all, so i tried to do my 1st 3D cut.... well it didn't work to well what i found out that when I loaded G-code generated from MeshCam, Mach3 only took some few lines of the code and ignored rest of the file... How acn this be fixed?

Attached what i got: 1st i loaded full file with rough and fine finishj but only gut what you see on top: section of rough finish which is not even close to sphere shaped taht i was cutting. Then i loaded lust fine finish and got only that deep hole that supposed to be full sphere.

So the question is: how can i fix that? TNX!

Title: Re: G-Code Cut or Missing When opening in Mach3
Post by: ger21 on February 05, 2012, 10:02:47 PM

Sounds like you have an unlicensed copy of Mach3, which only allows 500 lines of code.

Title: Re: G-Code Cut or Missing When opening in Mach3
Post by: alexus on February 05, 2012, 10:04:20 PM

strange... i should have license, unless guy who sold me machine cheated on me...
How can i check the license status?

Title: Re: G-Code Cut or Missing When opening in Mach3
Post by: ger21 on February 05, 2012, 10:19:01 PM

Your name should be displayed in the title bar, if it's a recent version of Mach3.

Title: Re: G-Code Cut or Missing When opening in Mach3
Post by: alexus on February 05, 2012, 10:28:57 PM

it does  ::)
i did hoeever install the update, the machine came with older version of Mac3 like few digits older so i installed new one over it. Could it be a problem? Can I reset license some how or diagnose the problem?

Title: Re: G-Code Cut or Missing When opening in Mach3
Post by: ger21 on February 05, 2012, 10:30:29 PM

The code looks OK here, it loads and runs fine.

If you bought a used machine, Mach3 licenses are not transferable. If you bought a new machine which came with a license, it should come from Artsoft, so it contains your name.

Title: Re: G-Code Cut or Missing When opening in Mach3
Post by: alexus on February 05, 2012, 10:39:12 PM

i bought new machine and it has my name...
Should i reinstall the software or buy new license separately?

Title: Re: G-Code Cut or Missing When opening in Mach3
Post by: alexus on February 05, 2012, 10:51:10 PM

ok never mind... i rebooted machine and now file shows up ok and in fulll.... pitty though that i least coordinates so will need to redo test part again