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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Brian Barker on December 09, 2005, 08:14:52 AM

Title: Multi Pass Wizard
Post by: Brian Barker on December 09, 2005, 08:14:52 AM
There is a new video for multi pass to help you learn to use it. I you would like to comment on the wizard and or ask for changes in how the wizard functions.
Here is the link to the video:
http://www.machsupport.com/MultiPass/multipass.html

Thank you for your input
Brian

Title: Re: Multi Pass Wizard
Post by: fer_mayrl on December 09, 2005, 11:46:00 AM
Hello Brian,
I tested the wizard, and it started making some weird moves, the toolpath looks fine, but when you run it, it just runs a small part of it,
Is this an evaluation version?
Im uploading the gcode file, the settings I used with the multipass wizard are:
X-shift 0
Yshift 0
Feedrate plunge 20
feedrate cut 50
rapid height .25
step depth .125
Deptch .5
Regards
Fernando
Title: Re: Multi Pass Wizard
Post by: Brian Barker on December 09, 2005, 12:58:32 PM
This file is very close to 1000 lines :) 1000 lines is the Max amount that you can run in the DEMO mode. If you try  smaller file it should work great.


Hope that helps
Brian
Title: Re: Multi Pass Wizard
Post by: fer_mayrl on December 09, 2005, 01:39:08 PM
Thanks Brian,
A post from art on the yahoo group mislead me to think it was a complete version
Quote:
"Thanks to Brian for the great explanation (ande the wizard itself, which
the newfangled guys have released as a free general release). Great video,
if you do multipass, watch it...your onscreen buttons will soon be past
history... :-)"

Regards
Fernando
Title: Re: Multi Pass Wizard
Post by: Brian Barker on December 09, 2005, 01:43:42 PM
Mach3 is what is stopping the multi pass from working Not me :) If you are not in DEMO mode in Mach3 it should work great for that file... (it did here).

Hope that helps
Brian
Title: Re: Multi Pass Wizard
Post by: fer_mayrl on December 09, 2005, 01:57:26 PM
I am a licensed user for mach 3,
Ill attach the posted code, and a screenshot of what the toolpath looked like when simulated, I dont know if the problem is that i am basing this error on a simulation of the toolpath rather than an actual cycle run.
thanks
Fernando
Title: Re: Multi Pass Wizard
Post by: fer_mayrl on December 09, 2005, 02:03:30 PM
Apparently that was the problem
It doesnt like running in simulation, but it works fine on a cycle run.
Sorry for the inconvenience :)
Regards
Fernando
Title: Re: Multi Pass Wizard
Post by: Brian Barker on December 09, 2005, 02:11:11 PM
No problem! I do the same thing all the time....


Thank you
Brian