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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Mach sees Angles instead of Radius corners

« on: December 20, 2012, 10:06:51 AM »

Will do

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Mach sees Angles instead of Radius corners

« on: December 20, 2012, 09:25:45 AM »

Good to know. Looks like I have a lot to learn about G Code. I didn't know there was any G Code with decimal points. I've yet to find a really good list of G Code and all its functions. Ill make G91.1 standard practice.

Thanks

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Mach sees Angles instead of Radius corners

« on: December 20, 2012, 07:54:47 AM »

Brilliant!  I would have never found that and didnt even know that was there.  I must have some how changed it though. I swapped the setting back and it works fine. I assume that is absolute and incremental from one point to another?

Thanks so much for the help. That saves me a few months of trying to figure out what went wrong.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Mach sees Angles instead of Radius corners

« on: December 19, 2012, 11:15:22 PM »

Renamed the file with a .dwg extension. I don't know if that will render it useless or not but it will not allow me to attach a .xml or in this case a .xb## file.

There is a xmlbackups folder that I pulled this file from. No config file folder.

Myk

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Mach sees Angles instead of Radius corners

« on: December 19, 2012, 10:51:04 AM »

Thanks,  I will do it tonight when I get home from work.  Thanks to everyone for all the input so far. I felt like I was putting a message in a bottle and sending it out to sea with my first post. Good to know there are people out there picking up the bottles.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Mach sees Angles instead of Radius corners

« on: December 19, 2012, 10:34:33 AM »

Sounds good... What is the xml and where do I find it so I can attach it?

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Mach sees Angles instead of Radius corners

« on: December 19, 2012, 10:10:58 AM »

The display shows the angle. The demo version not attached to the mill shows the radius using the same code.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Mach sees Angles instead of Radius corners

« on: December 19, 2012, 08:51:52 AM »

Ya, Tried that and there was no change. Mach keeps track of the last 20 or so sessions kind of like a restore point in windows. I went back near to the beginning and I still have the same problem.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Mach sees Angles instead of Radius corners

« on: December 18, 2012, 10:59:26 PM »

 
I have no idea what I am doing in this forum or how these work but I have come to hopefully find some help. If this post does show up and is in the wrong place I apologize.

I have finally got some parts to run and learned enough about machining and now I have this problem.

I converted a Bridgeport and have been using it with Mach 3 for several months in my spare time. I use Alibre CAD/CAM to generate G-Code and this has always worked fine for me. Recently I did a simple outside and interior profile with radius corners on the outside and Mach cut 45 degree angles instead. I don’t understand much G Code so I tried to redraw the part and found that it wanted to do the same thing. I then loaded the G Code into My trial and unregistered version of Mach that is not connected to a machine. The file came up fine with radius corners but again when I loaded the file into my licensed version on the mill it shows up with angled corners.

This machine has always done what I asked it to up until now. I can think of no changes that I have made other than speeding up my steppers. I do not understand what is happening here. Can someone help me out? Have I changed something inadvertently?

Here is the code:
G00 G49 G40.1 G17 G80 G50 G90
G20
(Outer Profile)
(1/4" EM)
M6 T15
M03 S2400
G00 Z0.2500
X-2.1164 Y-1.9990
G01 Z0.1375  F15.0
X-2.4000 Z0.0875  F5.0
G17
G02X-2.6240Y-1.7750I0.0000J0.2240 F7.0
G01 Y0.0100
Z0.1000
Y0.4580
Z0.0875
Y1.7750
G02X-2.4000Y1.9990I0.2240J0.0000
G01 X0.0101
Z0.1000
X0.4581
Z0.0875
X2.4000
G02X2.6240Y1.7750I0.0000J-0.2240
G01 Y-0.0101
Z0.1000
Y-0.4581
Z0.0875
Y-1.7750
G02X2.4000Y-1.9990I-0.2240J0.0000
G01 X-0.0102
Z0.1000
X-0.4582
Z0.0875
X-2.4000
Z0.0500
G02X-2.6240Y-1.7750I0.0000J0.2240
G01 Y0.0100
Z0.1000
Y0.4580
Z0.0500
Y1.7750
G02X-2.4000Y1.9990I0.2240J0.0000
G01 X0.0101
Z0.1000
X0.4581
Z0.0500
X2.4000
G02X2.6240Y1.7750I0.0000J-0.2240
G01 Y-0.0101
Z0.1000
Y-0.4581
Z0.0500
Y-1.7750
G02X2.4000Y-1.9990I-0.2240J0.0000
G01 X-0.0102
Z0.1000
X-0.4582
Z0.0500
X-2.4000
Z0.0000
G02X-2.6240Y-1.7750I0.0000J0.2240
G01 Y0.0100
Z0.1000
Y0.4580
Z0.0000
Y1.7750
G02X-2.4000Y1.9990I0.2240J0.0000
G01 X0.0101
Z0.1000
X0.4581
Z0.0000
X2.4000
G02X2.6240Y1.7750I0.0000J-0.2240
G01 Y-0.0101
Z0.1000
Y-0.4581
Z0.0000
Y-1.7750
G02X2.4000Y-1.9990I-0.2240J0.0000
G01 X-0.0102
Z0.1000
X-0.4582
Z0.0000
X-2.4000
G00 Z0.2500
M5 M9
M30