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General Mach Discussion / edit button scripts

« on: March 08, 2024, 12:48:46 AM »

1...installed camera.. use button "set variable position"  "go to variable position" and "stop teach"  wrote my code,,when i run, i get compile error  syntax error
2... i have new buttons installed in millbitmaps folder, dont  know how to post them in place of the above mentioned buttons,, the new one are jpeg files

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General Mach Discussion / windows

« on: May 06, 2020, 07:51:28 PM »

computer crashed, gotta buy new one, or refurb, running windows 7 Hp,, my questions is what windows version should i look for. ive heard of problems with 10  how about windows xp professional??  if i need 7 hp ill look until i find it,,only experience with this was i found out windows 8 sucked  bty, im using parralell port

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General Mach Discussion / Cam generated line numbers

« on: December 29, 2018, 07:26:53 PM »

When I generate g code in bobcad Mach 3 treats the numbers like bad code?

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General Mach Discussion / moving mach3

« on: November 26, 2017, 10:44:51 PM »

1.need to change computer, tried moving mach3 to flash drive, machining files are there but when loaded, they are loaded up in bobcad as different kind of file,, just the nc screen with g-code?  what did i not do?
2. as i understand a 64 bit computer and mach 3 are incompatible and requires a separate board run out of usb port,is the problem because many of them dont have a printer port? i have an old 64 bit that has printer port, is this viable?

thanks

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General Mach Discussion / anyone using bobcad 21

« on: September 24, 2017, 12:14:59 AM »

i know this is a bobcad question but they arent to keen on support,, in the nc menu i lost my toolbar. it came up on the screen and i accidentally xed it out.. the one on  the side, contains: u/d  undo  autocut cut all etc
thanks
larry

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / bobcad 21 drawings

« on: April 13, 2017, 08:34:45 PM »

can i import JPG, PNG, and MP4. drawings into bobcad 21 and vectorize? or do i have to use bobart (w
hich i dont have)
lgn

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General Mach Discussion / new install

« on: October 03, 2016, 11:41:13 PM »

used mach 3 for 10 years, but putting it on a new machine, lost my mind,,,,loaded from flash drive, it appears my license is in the files, although i didnt put it there, license and program put on flash drive separate times,, motors wont run, dros move but no motor, hotkeys work except a axis, wont let me input anything, stays on 999

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General Mach Discussion / subroutine

« on: January 26, 2014, 10:36:14 PM »

cant make m98 m99 work correctly. i know its simple but im losing the battle.
example program:
subs are the a moves at the bottom
need to run program
move a
run again
run all locations on a axis, then stop
can someone plug the sub codes in there?
thanks
larry



G00 Z.050
GOO X0 Y0
GO1 Z-.050F5
GO1 X 1.25F25
G01 Z .050
G00 X0 Y0


G00 A72

G00 A144

G00 A216

G00 A288

G00 A360
M30

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General Mach Discussion / g-code to drawing

« on: January 07, 2014, 04:07:34 PM »

title says it all. need to convert machining program in mach 3 back to drawing in bobcadv21. any ideas?
larry

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General Mach Discussion / screen

« on: December 25, 2013, 05:53:25 AM »

on my older programs, no problem. some that i have written recently come up and run fine but the part on screen is  way to small. havent figured out if i did something or a setting is wrong.
larry