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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 incorrectly interpreting gcode
« on: October 14, 2016, 09:54:03 AM »
Hello everyone!
Got a question on generating Gcode from Cambam and sending it over to Mach3. I have two mills and they each have two different versions of Mach3. On my first mill I try and cut a circle with no problems. This has an older version of Mach3 (R3.042.040) but on the second mill I try the same thing and my circles come out as rounded triangles. The second mill has a newer version of mach3 (R3.043.066). The problem is not with the mill because I can use wizards from Mach3 and cut perfect circles with it, it just has a problem interpreting the gcode. I have ran my gcode in cutviewer and it comes out perfectly as well so it is definitely an issue with the newer version of mach3 that I have.
I have 5 attachements:
1) My Gcode
2) A picture of my cutviewer final product so you guys can see what it should look like.
3) a picture of the actual cut (I interupted it when i noticed the cut wasn't correct. You can see the perfect circle in the center that was cut using a mach3 wizard and then when i try the outside circle with cambam gcode there is a problem)
4) The toolpath on the older version (which is correct)
5) The toolpath on the new version (which is incorrect)
Any info helps!
Thanks,
Logan
Got a question on generating Gcode from Cambam and sending it over to Mach3. I have two mills and they each have two different versions of Mach3. On my first mill I try and cut a circle with no problems. This has an older version of Mach3 (R3.042.040) but on the second mill I try the same thing and my circles come out as rounded triangles. The second mill has a newer version of mach3 (R3.043.066). The problem is not with the mill because I can use wizards from Mach3 and cut perfect circles with it, it just has a problem interpreting the gcode. I have ran my gcode in cutviewer and it comes out perfectly as well so it is definitely an issue with the newer version of mach3 that I have.
I have 5 attachements:
1) My Gcode
2) A picture of my cutviewer final product so you guys can see what it should look like.
3) a picture of the actual cut (I interupted it when i noticed the cut wasn't correct. You can see the perfect circle in the center that was cut using a mach3 wizard and then when i try the outside circle with cambam gcode there is a problem)
4) The toolpath on the older version (which is correct)
5) The toolpath on the new version (which is incorrect)
Any info helps!
Thanks,
Logan