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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: tjstamp on January 19, 2011, 07:43:31 AM

Title: g-code
Post by: tjstamp on January 19, 2011, 07:43:31 AM

when i load a g-code to mach i get plain box in window and no code. hit the edit and it comes up all garbled.. when i just open the file i see the code.im missing something simple. just cant put my finger on it.

Title: Re: g-code
Post by: Hood on January 19, 2011, 07:48:43 AM

Please attach the code and your xml.
Hood

Title: Re: g-code
Post by: tjstamp on January 19, 2011, 10:13:38 AM

i got it. when i save as i didnt have the the file type correct.i had it as cnc and not txt. the only other fault in the fanuc6 pp is all the ???? in the beginning but im sure i can change that. gotta read up on it to see where the setup is. as you can tell im not to savy at this.

Title: Re: g-code
Post by: Hood on January 19, 2011, 12:00:05 PM

Didn think it would matter to Mach what the extension was, more likely to be a bad character in the code. Mach would normlly show the message in the ticker line if that was the case though.  But as long as you have got it thats all that matters.
Hood