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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: Chaoticone on May 24, 2017, 11:52:56 AM
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Anyone interested in getting the ModuleWorks plugin for Mach4 can for a limited time and save some money. See our page at the following link for details.
http://www.machsupport.com/3d-cutting-simulator-moduleworks-plugin/
I have included a screen shot you can use to compare the standard tool path to the ModuleWorks Simulator.
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Just looked at it Stuart. Sorry, but it will not work without a license.
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Thanks for the reply
But that does go against the rest of the offerings try it and if you are 100% happy then buy the lic.
I will give it some thought to see if the pension can support it ;D
Stuart
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Houston we have a problem
As I said in my post it will not load the dll library files DTG has tried also and failed to get it to load
Now the problem it will not load after doing the install , yes I get the green screen
But where in the blue blazers is the drop down menu option to get the PID so I can buy a lic.
All your other offerings have an about tab with the info on them to get the PID and to install the lic file
A very confused Stuart ;D
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I'm not surprised. As I said, it will not work without a license.
Well, ModuleWorks isn't our product so the chances of them doing things like we do is slim to none.
The only place I know you can buy a license is on our webpage. See the link in my first post.
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I seem to be having a bad communication day
yes I hear you I need a lic. but when I try to by one it requests a PID number to tie it to my pc
but where do I get the required PID is it the one from the Mach4 about drop down ?
I have look and I cannot find anywhere to obtain the required information
steps taken download the file, run the installer , start the mach4 loader , select the mwmodual profile , press OK , get Failed to loadmwsim.m4pw library ( error 0 completed successfully ) now where do I go to get the info that your lic. purchase page requires
Stuart
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but where do I get the required PID is it the one from the Mach4 about drop down ?
Oh, yeah...... I was understanding you. Yes, you get the PCID from the Mach4 about drop down.
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Thank you for that
now I can proceed and spend some money
I hope the instructions on the email inform me what to do with it when I get it ( opps that don't sound right )
thank you for your patience in sorting it out I cannot do it tonight ( UK ) as the mil is in the workshop
Stuart
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Chaoticone,
I purchased the license and had issues getting it to do anything.
There is no documentation.
No sample as shown in Screen Movie or Screen shot.
I have had no response from support.
After a few hours I found that you had to populate the Tool Table.
You have to figure out that you need to also put values in the Colors to make the Tool and Cut other than black.
On you website you have a display cut with multiple colors, how is this done?
http://www.machsupport.com/3d-cutting-simulator-moduleworks-plugin/
Where does the Simulation Tab get the sizes and Tool location X/Y and Z height from?
Example:
Actual Cylinder size should be 51 Radius 10 High, but it starts off at 100 Radius and 50 High.
X/Y/Z is all ZERO Top and Center of Cylinder, but the Tool shows through the other side.
Have to make an approximate guess of the value of Z = -44.7, in the G-Code it starts off Z20 and then goes down to Z0 and after several cuts down to Z-3.25.
So how do you get the correct height of the Material guess?
Is there a way to configure a Tapered Ballnose or D-Bit cutters in the Tool Table, if not will this ever be introduced into this module?
Will this Module ever support 4 Axis simulation?
Will the final release have these features.
Other than these issue it does do a nice job.
Regards,
Mauri.
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Mauri, I'm not sure on any of those. Been a while since I got to look at it and was very brief then but I will try to find out for you.
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Well it's a new day 0700hrs
On reading Mauri comment I am going to hold off spending some £ have to watch the pension you know ::), until some documentation is available for this add on
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Chaoticone ,
To produce the sample ModuleWorks ScreenShot1 would require a lot more Tool Table Editor "Simulation Fields" than what is provided, so without knowing ALL the possible KEY names available then it would be impossible for any of to produce anything like you sample.
Apart from the Key Names we would also need to know the Editor Type and Editor Parameters.
We would also need to know what they mean, like Precision 4 and Width -1 for example.
In the example the Tool holder for example shows two parts and multiple angles, radius and colors.
The same as the Tool.
The Tool Color on what we can produce is the same colour as the cut, but not on your sample.
So if this sample was produced using this product then your Tool Table has significantly more option than provided to us.
So if we can get a manual with all this information maybe we can produce the same.
I also noticed that the outcome when using a .01mm radius cutter is no were near as good as the machined output even though I cannot at this stage make an angled ball nose cutter.
This may be due to the Precision Number.
So to make this inviting for users to purchase we should get the G-Code and the Tool Setting to produce exactly what you say has been done as shown in this picture, plus all the other settings available to us.
So Stuart and others can purchase a copy, please see what can be done with this request.
Regards,
Mauri.