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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: woodchuck60 on August 14, 2015, 10:12:17 AM

Title: Mach3 will not load file
Post by: woodchuck60 on August 14, 2015, 10:12:17 AM
Newbie here, just got a 3040T with mach3. Mach3 would not install on my comp so i copied the Mach3 setup to my hard drive and then installed mach3. The problem is when I load a file to demo it doesn't show a pic on the job display, the file reads it is there but no display.
Am I supposed to buy a license? What am I missing? Thanks so much
Title: Re: Mach3 will not load file
Post by: garyhlucas on August 14, 2015, 10:39:32 AM
If it loads G code but doesn't show the toolpath it means the tool path coordinates don't fall within the travels of the machine you have set up.
Title: Re: Mach3 will not load file
Post by: ger21 on August 14, 2015, 12:06:10 PM
Is there an error message?
Title: Re: Mach3 will not load file
Post by: woodchuck60 on August 14, 2015, 02:48:03 PM
No error msg.
Title: Re: Mach3 will not load file
Post by: woodchuck60 on August 14, 2015, 02:54:56 PM
What should the toolpath coordinates be?
Title: Re: Mach3 will not load file
Post by: ger21 on August 14, 2015, 09:21:19 PM
Make sure your not in table display mode, and regen the toolpath.
Title: Re: Mach3 will not load file
Post by: BR549 on August 14, 2015, 10:20:04 PM
Double check to make sure that the toolpath is NOT disabled
Title: Re: Mach3 will not load file
Post by: woodchuck60 on August 14, 2015, 11:33:50 PM
I did both of those and it didn't work.  It downloads the file but doesn't show up on display.