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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Digitizing wizard results

« on: February 01, 2012, 06:56:08 AM »

I have a question about the file generated by using the digitizing wizard in Mach. When I open the file that's generated during my probe it only has a list of numbers like this:

1.487484,2.465796,6.346739
1.567484,2.402796,6.334739
1.387484,2.775796,6.395654
1.569484,2.465796,6.391239

These are not the exact numbers but this is the format stored in the file. I understand these are xyz coordinates generated during the probe but there are no G-M codes or feed rates, just numbers. Am I going to have to edit and put in my own codes or did I miss a step somewhere?

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General Mach Discussion / X-Y moving before Z finishing it's plunge

« on: January 11, 2012, 02:57:16 PM »

Just like the title says,

I was recently engraving in ceramic tile using multiple passes removing .0030 each pass to a total depth of .0300. I was Cutting a circle with a cross inside touching at each quadrant. When the cycle was finished, the leading edge (beginning of the XY movement) of the cross was not touching the circle but when the table was at the end of each movement, the line touched the circle. I had to watch the Gcode while I had my hand on the table to even know where to start. It's like when it's executing a z move, about 3 thousandths or so before it get to the bottom of the move, XY starts to move executing the next line of code. It's almost like Z coasts to the full depth of it's plunge in the last .0010 or so.

I hope that made sense.  

Any ideas?