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LazyCam (Beta) / Ellipse shaped becomes a polygon in Lazycam

« on: December 13, 2010, 11:14:55 AM »

My Lazycam Pro is behaving in an inconsistent way.I tried exporting an ellipse drawn with an autocad 2000 into LC Pro but it shows up as a 6 sided polygon. I drew another ellipse saved with a different name and it never showed up at all under LC.
    However,I am able to import all other shapes into LC with no problem. A search through the forum with "ellipse lazycam" as key words yielded similar postings/problem 2 years ago but members response blames it on the CAD program.
    Does anyone has a fix here?

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Drill Holes

« on: November 20, 2010, 11:06:08 PM »

Can somebody walk me through how drill 4 holes with 0.25" diameter using a router bit size of 0.25" diameter using an autocad , Lazycam(unregistered) & Mach3.It was easy when i had a bit with  size of diameter 0.125"

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / X & Y offset--what am I doing wrong here?

« on: November 14, 2010, 01:37:18 PM »

I am using free version Lazycam (Version3.002) & mach3 but for  some unknown reasons ,any DXF  file;
i. downloaded from this forum
ii. generated using any software that output a dxf

    cuts fine on the first pass.However on the subsequent  passes to achieve the required depth,the x & y offset by some amount

   However,all dxf files from my cad software(Autodesk Architectural desktop 3.3) goes through my unregistered lazycam software to a registered mach3 to a finished cut with no problem.what am i doing wrong here?

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LazyCam (Beta) / Cutting layers at different depths

« on: October 05, 2010, 09:22:05 PM »

I have an unregistered LC but for some reason cannot cut diff't layers at diff't depths.What am I doing wrong here?

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General Mach Discussion / DXF file for Rack & Pinion

« on: December 06, 2009, 11:34:15 AM »

Hello everyone,
Does anyone has a dxf file for rack & pinion or  direct me to site where i can get it?

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LazyCam (Beta) / Lacycam export to mach3 issues

« on: September 12, 2009, 09:56:20 PM »

I have a licensed mach3 with an unlicensed lazycam.I am able to upload a dxf file with a rectangle drawn in it to Lazycam.I inserted a text " test" into the rectangle & then deleted the rectangular outline.
I see the file as fomatted corectly in Lazycam/.However after loading it successfully into mach3,all i see 2 more chains added to my only chain 0 and a series of vertical & horizontal lines without the text that i am after.
   When I tried to cutting it,i see the machine trying to cut a pocket to the size of the rectangle without the rquired test.What am i doing wrong here?

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General Mach Discussion / Lacycam export to mach issues

« on: September 12, 2009, 03:56:56 PM »

I have a licensed mach3 with an unlicensed lazycam.I am able to upload a dxf file with a rectangle drawn in it to Lazycam.I inserted a text " test" into the rectangle & then deleted the rectangular outline.
I see the file as fomatted corectly in Lazycam/.However after loading it successfully into mach3,all i see is a series of vertical & horizontal lines without the text that i am after.
   When I tried to cutting it,i see the machine trying to cut a pocket to the size of the rectangle without the rquired test.What am i doing wrong here?