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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / V-Carve Desktop Trial and Mach 3 Demo
« on: January 05, 2019, 04:44:14 PM »
I just purchased a sidewinder CNC with an unbinding travel of X 21.0” , Y 36.0” .  I have several issues. Two in particular.  First, I set up a demo project within V-Carve to a Datum Position of X0, Y0.  The project displays centered and ready to cut at the home position 0,0 on my machine.  I save the project to Post Processor Mach 2/3 Arcs (inch) (*.txt) as everywhere stated in the forums.  When I load into Mach 3 the project displays 1/8th of a corner section in the upper right corner of the work space.  Reviewing the code the start point appears as N200G00X8.4136Y6.1064Z1.000.  Obviously not 0,0,0 as set up in V-Carve.  When I run the program, only that section cuts. I have selected every corner and center of the starting position under job setup in V-Carve and all that does is move the project around the outside of the cutting window or dented, but still only shows that small corner of the project.  Never get to see the full project in Mach 3.

Second, I tried the roadrunner demo in Mach 3, which shows up perfectly in position at X0, Y0.  When I run the roadrunner demo it will only cut to line 492 and the system stops.  When I try to press start it does not finish.  Ref back to issue 1, when I try doing a dry run on the portion that displays the system stops after completing that portion and the remaining gcode disappears from the screen.

I am NEW to CNC.  I took a class and have basic knowledge along with all the tutorial videos online.  I studied and set my machine up exactly as Dave Gatton did, really only after I figured out all the settings on my own did I find that I was setting everything up correctly per the videos.  I just cannot figure out how to get the above issues resolved.

I have not purchased either program yet as I need to make sure they work together.  I have heard nothing but good things about both, and am not sure why I am having such issues.

V/r

Jeremy

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