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G-Code, CAD, and CAM => LazyCam (Beta) => Topic started by: RICH on August 30, 2009, 05:49:38 PM

Title: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: RICH on August 30, 2009, 05:49:38 PM

Hi All LC users,
Sometime in the future the manual will have an appendix which will define any terms you may not understand.
So please post here and over time it will get done based on what is posted here.
Appreciate it,
RICH

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: damchab on September 23, 2009, 12:38:50 PM

Hello i tried to use lazycam with a plasma and have some problèms with the terms:

referencing distance ? is it for the size of the plasma exp 1.2 or 0.8
reduction radius ?
pierce delay ?
lift delay

Many thanks for answer on this plasma part of lazy cam

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: RICH on September 23, 2009, 04:18:03 PM

Sorry, but the manual dosen't cover the Plasma Module . I missed saying that in section 2.1
I don't know much about plasma cutting. If someone wants do that module I will surely add it.
RICH
 

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: CurtisU on January 17, 2011, 09:01:42 AM

Is there a manual?

I'm returning from an long hiatus, I'm actually falling in love with LC all over again, simple milling.

Terms:

Under Posting Options, what is "Plunge Clearance"?

"LeadIn"?

what is "Overhang" when creating pockets?

Thanks, Curtis

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: RICH on January 17, 2011, 04:51:20 PM

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Is there a manual?

Yes, in Members Docs

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what is "Plunge Clearance

See Tutorial #6 (page 100) in the manual

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"LeadIn"?

How the tool will move in preparation for a cut, required in some cases, see Tutorial #7, page 113 in the manual
also section 8.4.2

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what is "Overhang" when creating pockets?

Not required or functional from what I could figure out when hacking the program

RICH

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: CurtisU on January 18, 2011, 04:00:41 PM

Thanks Rich, nice to have a manual, looks really good.

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: kolias on March 28, 2011, 09:21:08 AM

Regarding Tutorial #4, what is the difference between Raised Text and Relief Cut?

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: RICH on March 29, 2011, 05:49:43 AM

Nicolas,
I was thinking that text letters would be above a surface thus raised or below a surface thus in relief.
When engraving you taper in the material around the text and I was taught it was in relief.
LC does not generate code for relief in the true sense since your just machining the text so it sits above the bottom of a pocket.

RICH

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: kolias on March 29, 2011, 09:16:25 AM

Much appreciate your time RICH

In my mind I thought that both above and below the surface will be raised text since in both cases you have to make a pocket or offset around the text.

Now I got it, thanks again

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: slip stream fox on June 12, 2011, 08:16:03 PM

I loaded lazy cam and used it.  I inported a dxf file.  it change the finish demintion and couldn't keep the size 1 to1.  need help.


Tim

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: RICH on June 12, 2011, 08:30:27 PM

Post the dxf file. I never had that problem and have backplotted enough of the code to know that the dimensions
are not changed.....but you never know.

RICH

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: sabastion on July 30, 2011, 05:43:35 PM

Is there a free drawing software that mach3/lazycam can use?

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: kolias on July 30, 2011, 06:19:47 PM

Quote from: sabastion on July 30, 2011, 05:43:35 PM

Is there a free drawing software that mach3/lazycam can use?

I use Inkscape.org, a pretty good software

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: mohamedhelmi on November 10, 2013, 10:56:54 AM

hi,guys
I'm too new in your huge word. and I need for your support please .
I was trying to practicate tutorial#5 of LAZYCAM manual, but I failed to do it at the step of posting the G code to MACH3 .
I was following the manual step by step (all OK) until the step  "post code" there is no file to be saved ?????? nothig was posted I checked the destination file --->empty. also there was no confirmation that the code was created.
does it have a relation to licence or what?

Title: Re: LAZYCAM - DEFINITON OF ANY TERM IN THE MANUAL
Post by: RICH on November 10, 2013, 07:01:41 PM

MOHEMEDHELMI,
The lathe module requires a license in order to use it.
I strongly suggest you skip LazyCam for the lathe and use LazyTurn instead as that was done to replace
Lazycam's Lathe module.

RICH