Guest
Show Posts
1
LazyCam (Beta) / Problem generating g-code
« on: August 24, 2009, 02:12:29 PM »
I have just acquired a Syil C6B lathe, which I have working OK, as long as I cut other peoples g-code. I cannot get my own code to generate correctly, using LazyCam Turn.
My process is to create the drawing in V-Carve Pro, and export it as a .dxf file, attached here as http://www.k4mg.com/Hobbies/CNC/Metalworking/DoorPullOriginal.dxf. If I bring it into LazyTURN, it looks OK, see LazyTurn. jpg below:
If I bring the .dxf into LazyCAM, the conversion goes poorly, my error is that there is more than 1 chain. See LazyCamOriginal below:
However, I can still create g-code, which looks like Mach3Original.jpg in Mach3Turn:
It shows the rounded part, separated from the cone base.
Since the extra chain is part of the rounded ball, I converted the arcs to segments, as shown below in DoorPull.dxf:
http://www.k4mg.com/Hobbies/CNC/Metalworking/DoorPull.dxf
It also looks fine in LazyTURN.
When I bring it into LazyCAM, it doesn't give an error message, but it isn't right. You can see it in LazyCam.jpg below:
And in Mach3.jpg:
If anyone can tell me what I am doing wrong, I would love the help!
Thanks, Barry
My process is to create the drawing in V-Carve Pro, and export it as a .dxf file, attached here as http://www.k4mg.com/Hobbies/CNC/Metalworking/DoorPullOriginal.dxf. If I bring it into LazyTURN, it looks OK, see LazyTurn. jpg below:
If I bring the .dxf into LazyCAM, the conversion goes poorly, my error is that there is more than 1 chain. See LazyCamOriginal below:
However, I can still create g-code, which looks like Mach3Original.jpg in Mach3Turn:
It shows the rounded part, separated from the cone base.
Since the extra chain is part of the rounded ball, I converted the arcs to segments, as shown below in DoorPull.dxf:
http://www.k4mg.com/Hobbies/CNC/Metalworking/DoorPull.dxf
It also looks fine in LazyTURN.
When I bring it into LazyCAM, it doesn't give an error message, but it isn't right. You can see it in LazyCam.jpg below:
And in Mach3.jpg:
If anyone can tell me what I am doing wrong, I would love the help!
Thanks, Barry