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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: cooldude on May 26, 2011, 05:18:48 PM

Title: Help with Estimate Program Run Time
Post by: cooldude on May 26, 2011, 05:18:48 PM
Hi I'm a newbie here.  I have a Taig CNC and Rhicam.  I set Feed Rate at 800mm/min with 10k RPM on Spindle.  
According on calculation on Rhino Cam, running time should 1 hour 28 min.  However, when I upload to Mach3 Estimate Program Run time is 6 hour 30min  instead.  
What is wrong here?
Title: Re: Help with Estimate Program Run Time
Post by: Tweakie.CNC on May 27, 2011, 02:46:01 AM
Rhino is calculating the time on the parameters it has set and Mach is calculating the time on the parameters it has set and there is a good chance that the two lots of parameters are not the same.
For example acceleration settings can make a huge difference in the GCode program run time even if the set feedrates between Rhino and Mach are the same.

Tweakie.