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Third party software and hardware support forums. => Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards => Topic started by: srracer on November 14, 2010, 01:51:00 PM

Title: Rectangle cutout - What am I doing wrong? (or, is this a bug?)
Post by: srracer on November 14, 2010, 01:51:00 PM

Just purchased the Newfangled wizard and in general I'm pleased with it..

One thing that's been a bit of a nuissance, though, is the rectangle cutout wizard.

After crashing my Mach 3 several times while I waited for it to finish (after pressing make code), I realized that if I hit cancel and exit, I would get back to the Mach 3 screen and whatever code it had managed to finish would be posted..

The problem was that the wizard was starting at the correct Z and then going UP, so it never reached the correct depth (obviously) and wrote code that ran pass after pass raising the Z ad infinitum. (this happened no matter what combination of negative signs I tried out in front of both the step depth and final depth numbers)

After some debugging, I found that the problem went away if the step depth was *less* than the final depth, but if it was the same or more, then endless loop ensued.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!
-Chris

Title: Re: Rectangle cutout - What am I doing wrong? (or, is this a bug?)
Post by: srracer on November 19, 2010, 10:39:07 AM

Nobody has any feedback?

So should I understand that the NFS wizards will not allow me to perform any of the profile cuts in a single pass without me editing the code?

Thanks,
-Chris

Title: Re: Rectangle cutout - What am I doing wrong? (or, is this a bug?)
Post by: BR549 on November 19, 2010, 12:33:11 PM

IF you command a G1 Z-1 move from the mdi line which way does the tool go, up or down?

(;-) TP

Title: Re: Rectangle cutout - What am I doing wrong? (or, is this a bug?)
Post by: srracer on November 19, 2010, 01:42:23 PM

If Z was at 0, it would go down.

Thanks,
Chris

Title: Re: Rectangle cutout - What am I doing wrong? (or, is this a bug?)
Post by: Ron Ginger on November 19, 2010, 01:59:53 PM

Sorry for the delay in getting to this- I missed your original post.

It looks like you have found a bug. The preview code works OK, but the post does not. Ill get it fixed and have a new  version out soon.

Title: Re: Rectangle cutout - What am I doing wrong? (or, is this a bug?)
Post by: Ron Ginger on November 19, 2010, 02:51:35 PM

OK, I found it and fixed it. See the new topic on V2.85

Title: Re: Rectangle cutout - What am I doing wrong? (or, is this a bug?)
Post by: srracer on November 19, 2010, 03:24:57 PM

Thanks Ron!  I'm glad to know I wasn't going crazy.

-Chris