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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: aquatix on October 30, 2008, 05:53:18 AM
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Hello everyone I am a new user of CNC and mach3
I have a question if anyone could help.
I use solidcam and generate Gcode for a circular pocket cut.
As my mach3 was setup by the distibutor of Syil in Greece when I load the Gcode it shows this:
(http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/15489516.jpg)
And when I upload the gcode to an unsetuped version of Mach3 it shows correctly the circular pattern of the pocket cut.
It is really confusing because I am a new user and do not know where to check for error.
But I believe it is in the setup of Mach3 as it loads and shows correctly the path on another mach3 istallation
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I dont know If I made it clear.
But what I mean is that
when it loads on another mach 3 the work offsets are Y-17 +17
and on the other version is Y-17 +51 it seems that is doesnt center properly
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Not sure what you are saying, have you set your datums?
Graham
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Dear Graham ,
Thank you very much for your help through your email as well.
It was indeed the IJ mode I switched to Inc and it loaded perfectly!
The problem was it loaded other programs (linear pocket cutting) perfectly
but not on the circle pocket from inside to outside w overlap pocket cut.
Now everything is fine and Im up and running on my new miniCNC
Thank you again!!
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:)
Brett