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General Mach Discussion / Bad parameter

« on: November 28, 2013, 02:48:00 AM »

Mach3 is unhappy about a parameter that FeatureCAM generated, which according to it needs to have an =. From looking up parameters to make sure I wasn't messing it up, I have no clue what FeatureCAM thinks is supposed to be happening, but it creates parameters like "#1" "=#1" "$" which bothers Mach3 and will abort loading the NC code. If I remove the parameters from the file the toolpath shows I will be missing features in the cut, that FeatureCAM simulator hits just fine. Any ideas as to why this might be an issue, or how to fix it?

(This was cross posted to FeatureCAM directly, but a collegue pointed out that I should ask here as well, as I'm unsure if this is an error on FeatureCAM or Mach3 side of things.)

Thanks for your time

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General Mach Discussion / Move Z to safe height before rapid move

« on: November 23, 2013, 01:03:12 AM »

I'm using FeatureCAM to generate my GCode, and it generates a number of G00 (Rapid Move's) where it will move across 3-axsis at once, (G0X10.3Y5.1Z0.5). The problem is that the bit was low elsewhere in the part, and the bit will rapidly drag through the part and stock. What FeatureCAM seems to expect that the machine will lift the bit out of the material to the Z coordinate first. Is there a way to enable this behavior? If this is a FeatureCAM side thing then I apologize, I haven't been able to find a solution yet.

(I've found this before http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=22341.0 but didn't find a solution).