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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Cassidy on September 08, 2008, 11:41:48 PM
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I know this is so simple!!!
Can someone tell me how and where to set the units in Mach3 so that they STAY as I want them. Each time I start Mach3, the units are in inches. I set them to Metric...run the program and all is fine... but if I close Mach 3 and restart... the units are once again set to inches. Driving me NUTS!!! Thanks. Cas ::)
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Config/set native units. Worked for me.
Or settings, lower right.
Ed
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Thanks Ed.
I found this but I thought it was for setting up motors. That warning it gives scared me off!! Ha! ... I just need the unit set to start up in MM. Thanks!! Cas
Config/set native units. Worked for me.
Or settings, lower right.
Ed
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OK so do you want Mach to be native Inch or Metric? Will you be setting your motor tuning as Step per Inch or Step per mm? If you are wanting to set up the motors as Step per mm then do as Ed suggested. If however you want to keep the native units as inches but just run metric code you can do several things, first you ca have G21 at the start of your code or second you can go to config menu then General config, you will then see a box for Startup Modals, type G21 in that and Mach will always start in metric.
I think its best to have your machine set up in the native units you will use but its up to you.
Hood
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Thanks Hood!
I appreciate the help.
The motors & etc are all set up. We model & cut in metrics here 99% of the time. I had been putting in the G21 into the code that isn't a problem... I want, as you clarified for me, Mach3 to start up in metrics each time. I'll look at this with your instructions and see what I can find. I agree, I think it is best to have the software always come up in the native settings. Again, Many Thanks!! Cas.
OK so do you want Mach to be native Inch or Metric? Will you be setting your motor tuning as Step per Inch or Step per mm? If you are wanting to set up the motors as Step per mm then do as Ed suggested. If however you want to keep the native units as inches but just run metric code you can do several things, first you ca have G21 at the start of your code or second you can go to config menu then General config, you will then see a box for Startup Modals, type G21 in that and Mach will always start in metric.
I think its best to have your machine set up in the native units you will use but its up to you.
Hood
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I prefer to set my machine in metric as that is what I use.
If your default units are imperial then I think the tool offsets need to be imperial, much better if you use metric all the time, like me , to set everything up in metric.
Hood
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Thanks Hood,
I set the G21 on the General Config as you suggested and all is fine. The program now remembers that it is to work in metrics.
THANK YOU!!! ;) I had looked at that page 20 times but just didn't see that setting!! What do you make Hood??? Thanks again. CAS
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Thanks Hood,
I set the G21 on the General Config as you suggested and all is fine. The program now remembers that it is to work in metrics.
THANK YOU!!! ;) I had looked at that page 20 times but just didn't see that setting!!
There are just so many options in Mach its no surprise you missed some :)
What do you make Hood???
Scrap usually ;D
Most of my work is repairing fishing boats, welding and machining but I also do a bit of prototype work for a company that makes magnetic detecting devices for Shell, BP, Exon etc.
Hood
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:D :D :D :D
Scrap usually ;D
Good one Hood :D :D :D :D
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Sad but true ;)
Hood
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Ha! Hood, I thought you were a nice guy! Here I find out you are a competitor! I have the scrap market cornered!!! Ha!.. Many Thanks for your help. If I was over on that isde, I'd buy you a scotch! Second best I can do is later this evening, I'll just have one for you. I do appreciate your help. CAS
:D :D :D :D
Scrap usually ;D
Good one Hood :D :D :D :D
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Well if you continue drinking the Scotch you may one day be eligible to become a member of OMS like me but be warned the entrance qualifications are pretty hard ;)
Hood
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Hood,
and just what is OMS?
fishing boats. ? No the smell well.
Like the blind man walking by the fish market says "Morning girls" :D
I know I'M SICK :D
Ed
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Maybe......"Old Men from Scotland" ? ::)
;DRC ;D
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Both wrong, it is the Order of Master Scrapmakers ;)
Hood
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It would be an honor and a privilege to be a member of Loyal Order of the OMS....But I'm afraid that I am dramatically over qualified.
::)
R 'Scrapmaster" C ;D
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;D
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Indeed, if you're not making scrap, what good are you?
I've been a member of that club for a long time and didn't even know it.
Just wondering what benefits I've been missing out on.... :D
Dave
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I keep most of my "scrappers", now I'm thinking of investing in a bigger "scrapper box" its getting quite full.
Still, its fun to go through the box once in a while to remind myself of where I went wrong in the past.
Does that qualify me for OMS membership ;D
Deker
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Hey Dave,
If you still have all of your fingers in tact, you are exempt from any of the benefits. :'(
Oh...wait a minute......that's a different club. :D
Anyway, your membership card is on the way along with a summary of the BACK DUES that you owe. :o
Grand POO PAHH,
Scrapmaster "C"
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;D
Hood
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With the price of scrap now days, It's not such a big loss' :D
Ed w/50 yrs of scrap making.
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I am in a better position than the rest of you, a lot of the boats I work on are scrap so I can usually use mine and its still an improvement ;D
Hood