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Mach Discussion => Mach Screens => Topic started by: saintr on October 05, 2012, 05:42:16 PM

Title: HELP! Z-Axis is Being Flattened out onto XY-Plane
Post by: saintr on October 05, 2012, 05:42:16 PM

Hello,

We just set up our third Mach3 CNC machine, a Mini-Mill driven by a Xylotex box, the computer is an Intel Atom with Windows 7 32-bit and a native Parallel Port. We installed the memroyoverride.reg as outlined in previous posts for using Mach3 on Vista/7. G-code is being generated by MadCAM in Rhino with minimal issues on other machines before.

Today we opened the first G-Code on the machine in Mach3 and we've run into something we've never seen before and are having trouble finding the cause. I spent the second half of the day trolling the internet for a solution but nothing yet.

The problem is the G-Code in Mach3 is being flattened out onto the XY plane. It looks fine in Rhino and on the other machines (images attached) but it's smashed flat in the Mach3 running the new machine. I'm sure we just missed one of the zillions of settings to make it work correctly, sorry in advance if it's something dumb...

Thanks

Title: Re: HELP! Z-Axis is Being Flattened out onto XY-Plane
Post by: BR549 on November 07, 2012, 10:56:57 AM

You have 2 standard veiws for the toolpath TOP and ISO.  THEN you have orbital view where you can set it anyway you like.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

Title: Re: HELP! Z-Axis is Being Flattened out onto XY-Plane
Post by: Klaus1311 on November 07, 2012, 11:57:16 AM

Hello,
could it be, your gcode has more then 500lines. In your attached picture it shows demo:


Klaus