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General Mach Discussion / Profile toolpath problem

« on: June 20, 2009, 11:14:45 AM »

I’m having a problem cutting a profile cut. I’ve created a simple rectangle with rounded corners that I want to cut with a V-bit. Everything looks fine when I preview it in Aspire. But when I run the cutting file on my machine; a ¼” before the end of the cut the spindle rises and leaves the cut unfinished. I thought initially that the ramping feature might be turned on but it is not. All other cutting seems to be working correctly except profile cuts.
I recently installed Mach 3 and I’m not sure if that might be the cause as I’m not yet fully familiar with all the settings in this program. Does anyone have any ideas that could help me. Which puzzles me the most is if I run this file on my old Mach 2 machine it runs fine completing the cut. Attached is the code generated by Aspire which I can't seem to find any problems with.

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( Mach2/3 Postprocessor )
N20G00G20G17G90G40G49G80
N30G70
N40T1M06
N50G00G43Z0.7874H1
N60S25000M03
N70G94
N80X0.0000Y0.0000F60.0
N90G00X0.5000Y0.7500Z0.2362
N100G1Z-0.1000F20.0
N110G3X0.7500Y0.5000I0.2500J0.0000F60.0
N120G1X11.2500
N130G3X11.5000Y0.7500I0.0000J0.2500
N140G1Y9.2500
N150G3X11.2500Y9.5000I-0.2500J0.0000
N160G1X0.7500
N170G3X0.5000Y9.2500I0.0000J-0.2500
N180G1Y0.7500
N190G00Z0.2362
N200G00Z0.7874
N210G00X0.0000Y0.0000
N220M09
N230M30
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General Mach Discussion / Configuration file Mach 2 to Mach 3

« on: April 08, 2009, 04:01:58 PM »

I've been running Mach 2 on a older computer for years and have not upgraded to Mach 3 because the old computer did not meet the specifications. I have been given a computer that meets the Mach 3 specifications and I'm in the process of installing Mach 3.
 My question is can I take the existing configuration in Mach 2 and easily transfer it into Mach3 without going through all the configuration screens. Is there a file in Mach2 that I could just copy into Mach3 with these settings.

Thanks