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General Mach Discussion / M3 Turn toolpath display screen

« on: February 22, 2009, 07:40:47 PM »

Hello, I am very new to Mach 3 turn, and I am having what seems to be a common previously discussed problem.  The toolpaths shown in the display window are often very small, and unusable.  Other times they will be just right, and be easially zoomed to the desired level.  Sometimes the entire toolpath is so small that it only appears as a single line thru the middle of the display box.  I have this problem about 70% of the time and it seems to happen with both imported, or loaded code, as well as code created with the wizzards.  I have the newest lockdown release (.020).  After doing some reading here and on yahoo it seems that the problem wasn't present in older versions.  I would like to try an older version, but the only other one aviliable for download is 1.90, and while looking over the revision log it seems that alot has changed between the two versions.  I am looking for suggestions as to how I could fix the problem-(if possible), or someone that has a slightly older version without the problem that they would be willing to email to me.  I would really like to be able to see what is going to happen toolpath wise before I hit that cycle start button !  Thanks for the help!