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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / G2 error code - "Radius to end of arc differs from Radius to start of arc"
« on: May 14, 2018, 10:11:45 AM »
I am not sure if this is where i should post.
I am working on my friends simple plasma cutter. It was running fine until there was a power problem. My friend did not have a backup. How many times have we heard of that. He decided to try and fix it on his own. I could of done a recovery and had good success. As he worked through the problems he discovered that the previous owner of the plasma cutter had a hacked version of Mach3. Friend has since purchased a licensed version. Friend wiped the computer drive and reinstalled windows 7 and installed the newly acquired Mach3 software. We are moving in the right direction.
A quick description of his plasma cutter. It has some unknown Chinese brand stepper motors. X axis one motor, Y axis one motor and a slave motor on A axis, Z axis. Plasma Cutter is Hypertherm 65 with THC output.
I have Calibrated X, Y, Z and A. We are able to cut straight lines, cycle the plasma cutter. When I try cutting a radius, I get the error code "Radius to end of Arc differs from Radius to start". I am not sure what program my friend is using to drawn with but he is using Lazycam to develop his g code. I have searched these forms and have found many possible solutions, most regarding his general setups. I have have tried to do just one operation of cutting and that is a 1" bolt hole. Total lines of code perhaps 10 lines. I still get the error. When I change the IJ mode to absolute my slave axis A stops working other.
I will deeply indebted to any one that is able to point me to the right direction.
Thanks
Derk
I am working on my friends simple plasma cutter. It was running fine until there was a power problem. My friend did not have a backup. How many times have we heard of that. He decided to try and fix it on his own. I could of done a recovery and had good success. As he worked through the problems he discovered that the previous owner of the plasma cutter had a hacked version of Mach3. Friend has since purchased a licensed version. Friend wiped the computer drive and reinstalled windows 7 and installed the newly acquired Mach3 software. We are moving in the right direction.
A quick description of his plasma cutter. It has some unknown Chinese brand stepper motors. X axis one motor, Y axis one motor and a slave motor on A axis, Z axis. Plasma Cutter is Hypertherm 65 with THC output.
I have Calibrated X, Y, Z and A. We are able to cut straight lines, cycle the plasma cutter. When I try cutting a radius, I get the error code "Radius to end of Arc differs from Radius to start". I am not sure what program my friend is using to drawn with but he is using Lazycam to develop his g code. I have searched these forms and have found many possible solutions, most regarding his general setups. I have have tried to do just one operation of cutting and that is a 1" bolt hole. Total lines of code perhaps 10 lines. I still get the error. When I change the IJ mode to absolute my slave axis A stops working other.
I will deeply indebted to any one that is able to point me to the right direction.
Thanks
Derk