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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: sn96 on March 28, 2011, 09:16:52 PM
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Hello Guys,
Been breaking my self in to this new hobby, literally! I broke another endmill. I need to think twice and cut once. Anyway, does anyone know if you can use a drawing symbol that mach3 would interpret as a drill point?
Thanks,
Mike
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Mike,
Not sure what you are trying to do. If you are using LazyCam and want to define what points are to be drilled you can just draw a circle where the drilled holes are in CAD.
See page 41 in the manual.
RICH
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Sorry for such a long delay, I am up to my eyeballs with work... at my work.
Hello Rich, sorry I didn't provide more details on what I was doing. I was importing dxf drawings using an older version of mach3 that has the import feature. The dxf files I import treat circles as circles which is fine but I was wondering if there was a symbol with crossing lines like + or X that would be interpreted as a centroid. I was able to edit the G-code and change G2 to G83, but I ended up changing some circles to drill by accident. If I can use a symbol then importing a dxf would be a little easier.
I am only playing around for the time being. I am saving up for Visual Mill which will make a lot of things possible, but I was experimenting with cutting simple parts and the old mach3 dxf was a great starting point and I have cut several shapes so far using this utility.
Thanks,
Mike
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Mike,
Not to my knowledge and don't use or know anything about the old version of Mach.
RICH
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Most CAms use a standard point to represent a drill point. Just insert a point where you want the hole.
(;-) TP