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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: lab auto man on February 23, 2020, 02:56:34 PM
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Getting back to Mach 4 after some time off. Simple project is cut some shapes out .5 inch plywood. The tool paths in V carve pro look fine and simulate fine. when I load them in to Mach 4 the display does not look right. This is just cutting out a circle about 3.5 inches in diameter. The display looks tilted at an angle. Is there some setting in mach 4 that I messed up? I am running version 4.2.0.3084 should I upgrade to the newest version? install the latest will it keep all my current setting and such and just install over the old version?
Thanks for any help.
Todd
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A little more detail. If I close the Mach 4 do not power down my machine or PC and reopen Mach 4 and Open my g-code it looks fine. I then reference all axis fine. But when I hit the go to work zero my display goes funky. It kike rotates the part. I have had this problem before. Any Ideas? should I update?
Thanks,
Todd
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I think it is my A axis causing my problems. My A axis does not have a home position so when I ref all it does not zero, I have to click the bottom to zero it. If I do not when I press the go to work zero it rotates my whole job to get A to zero. This all happen even with out this being a rotary job. How would I tell the software to zero the A axis when I ref all? There is no zero switch it would say where it is is zero.
Thanks,
Todd
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take a look at the attachment screen shot. for your A-Axis just set it up to Home in Place, when you reference all, the A axis will immediate be set as homed.