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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: robotix on January 30, 2008, 03:21:48 PM
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Hi Guys,
I recently started using SheetCAM, and I have generated some G code using it. However, for reasons that I can't seem to figure out, it will not run on my machine under Mach3 Mill, while G code generated with Lazy Cam runs just fine. I selected the Mach2 post processer in SheetCAM because there is no available option for Mach3. I suppose that the problem lies in the post processor, but I am not familiar enough with G Code to see what it is. I have attached one of each of the files. the inner plate file was made by Lazy Cam and it works; the anti-rotation collar was made with SheetCAM and it does not work. I would really appreciate it if any experts out there could tell me what it wrong.
Jim
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When you say it doesnt work, what do you mean as it seems to run fine here.
Hood
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You don't give a lot away about what's actually happening - "it doesn't work" is a little vague ;D
On my system where I have IJ mode set to absolute by default I get error: "Radius to end of arc differs from radius to startLine 78". I checked the I J arguments on line 780 (Mach allways misses the last digit off a line number for some reason) and sure enough they're incremental. Switching mode to IJ inc the error moves on to: "Process: Outside offset outside. Mill/Router. 0.25 inch diameter. 0.75 inch Deep" which means nothing to me - perhaps someone else can take it from here.
Cheers
Ian
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Sorry for being vague. I don't know why, but when I reloaded it today, it ran fine. Operator error, I would say. Thanks for the help. What I noticed when I was having the problem is that the code would load into the code window, but the graphic would not appear and when I started the cycle, I got no response from the machine, even though it was moving through the code.
JIm