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VB and the development of wizards / Re: (need help/ideas) lathe polar/C axis milling

« on: June 21, 2020, 10:02:09 AM »

did the conditional jumps myself using VB on mach3.
they work like they would in any other machine. heres the syntax:

M1000 - EQUALS
On gcode:

Code: [Select]

M1000 P#1 Q#2 R100VB script:

Code: [Select]

If Param1() = Param2() Then
Code( "M98 P" & Param3() )
End If


i did all of the conditional comparisons: Equals, Diferent, Less than, Less or equal, Greater, Greater or equal
the macros are attached to this reply.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: help with simple code

« on: June 21, 2020, 09:29:54 AM »

you do not Need the Getvar

If Param1() <> Param2() Then
   Code ("M98 P" & Param3())
End If

That does it, thank you 

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VB and the development of wizards / help with simple code

« on: June 21, 2020, 01:08:41 AM »

i'm getting syntax error while tryng to compile this code. please help!

If GetVar(Param1()) <> Param2() Then
   Code("M98 P") & Param3()
End If   

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: (need help/ideas) lathe polar/C axis milling

« on: June 20, 2020, 06:23:39 PM »

VB with Mach3

could you give me some example please?

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VB and the development of wizards / (need help/ideas) lathe polar/C axis milling

« on: June 20, 2020, 05:09:16 PM »

hello lads, i'm new in retrofiting in general but i kinda like the idea of cheap cnc machines.
i've got the idea for a polar milling program/cycle in the past days and after some thought i do think this can go somewhere.
i do know how to program in heidenhain, fanuc and sinumerik and after learning about mach and its fanuc similarities, i got some hope. didnt imagined that mach doesnt have conditional deviation.

my ideas stop here. if anyone know something to make this project work, do tell me   

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new here, question about mach software capabilities

« on: June 16, 2020, 12:42:38 AM »

what i meant, was a physical setup, like the project of someone. but i did what you recomended and donwloaded mach4 hobby. the screen sure seems different from what i'm used to (fanuc, sinumerik, heidenhain), but the software seems to be quite complete.
i'm a manual programmer at heart and after reading some of the programing manual im thinking this is not really meant to be used with such programs. it is lacking basic cycles and commands that any industrial lathe would have. also, i couldnt find any information about C axis indexing or polar milling.

also, the "turn cycles" are quite a joke. and you cant post process it to generate some example code.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: new here, question about mach software capabilities

« on: June 15, 2020, 11:53:36 AM »

nice, could you recomend me a exemple setup for me to be based on?

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General Mach Discussion / new here, question about mach software capabilities

« on: June 14, 2020, 10:43:50 PM »

hello, i'm quite intrigued about being able to do a cnc machine with older machining equipament. in especial i would like to do a full C axis lathe for to be a able to turn and mill simple parts.
would mach be able to handle this?