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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: sawduststeve on March 30, 2011, 03:33:57 PM

Title: Configuration change problem
Post by: sawduststeve on March 30, 2011, 03:33:57 PM
I used multipass and nesting wizards couple weeks ago with great success.

This week I tried them again with another part and the results are baffling to me.  Rather than following the geometry for each pass, it makes several irrelevant (to me) lines.  I thought it was in the part CAD, so I made up just a simple rectangle with fillets at the coners and it does the same thing.  Without multipass it is fine.

I figured that I must have changed the configuration file to cause this.  So, I reinstalled Mach3 with no better affect.

If someone could take a look, I would appreciate it.

With the nesting wizard, the repeated parts are offset in X and Z, even though X is zero in the screen.  I'm not sure what the X offset value comes from, since it isn't the same as Y that I entered.  I'm hoping what is wrong for multipass is same for nesting.

Steve.

Title: Re: Configuration change problem
Post by: Hood on March 30, 2011, 07:09:23 PM
Can you attach the original file before you ran the wizard.
Hood
Title: Re: Configuration change problem
Post by: sawduststeve on March 30, 2011, 07:12:03 PM
Hood,

Justplate.txt is the original and justplatemp.tap is after multipass.

Steve.
Title: Re: Configuration change problem
Post by: Hood on March 30, 2011, 07:13:06 PM
::) its late here ;D

Hood
Title: Re: Configuration change problem
Post by: Hood on March 30, 2011, 07:30:59 PM
Sorry will have to come back to this if no one else has answered. I am crap at code anyway but brains working even less than normal because its late here ;D
Think it could have something to do with the G53 or possibly the tool height offset but I never use the wizard so not sure what to expect.

Hood
Title: Re: Configuration change problem
Post by: Hood on March 31, 2011, 05:19:02 AM
You have a line that has G01Z0.5 F10. if you change that to G01Z-0.5 F10. see if it now does what you expect when you run it throuh the multipass wizard.

Hood