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General Mach Discussion / mach 3 problem

« on: March 28, 2020, 08:04:36 AM »

I've been using mach 3 for a few years with no problem. Yesterday it stopped performing with any file that I opened...gave me a "bad character used " notice. Now when a file was loaded the directional keys didn't do anything. ..but without a file being opened the keys moved thru the movements like they are supposed to. I tried different files and even made a quick file...won't do anything when a file is opened...I make dxf with draftsight...convert with sheetcam...and use mach 3.   I'm not a computer guy so if you have any suggestions please keep it simple for me to understand...thanks
 

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General Mach Discussion / mach3 error

« on: June 18, 2013, 07:11:45 AM »

I get the same message when I try and open a gcode in mach3.."bad character used line 0"     and there is no picture.  The code looks like this...   
code:
(cutoff)
auto optimization=1
climb cut=0
code snip=1
comment=

...so on and so forth

 This is the same for both new drawings from draftsight and previous files that I had already cut.   I am new to cnc and bought a viper last fall.   It came with draftsight, sheetcam and mach3.   Their tech dept won't respond to my questions so I am on my own and pretty frustrated. The sheetcam and mach3 were already loaded on the machine...so...I don't have a cd to reload mach3...HELP   thanks