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Finished Screens / Re: MachLight

« on: October 06, 2007, 09:14:17 PM »

Hi Jason,

Had to drop down to 5pt Courier to see your .txt Easter Egg in WordPad. I think Trinity should have been in front! ;o)

Paul, Central OR

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Finished Screens / Re: Mach SoftLight

« on: October 06, 2007, 08:12:42 PM »

Hi Jason,

I've been lurking on this topic for awhile... waiting for some screens to mature before diving in.

I don't know if the topic has been covered elsewhere, but was wondering about hotkey assignments for those of us that have added a homebrew pendant.

In my case, currently using KeyGrabber and a dual analog joystick gamepad. I have hotkeys for jog controls on the tab shuttle page, and program control hotkeys on the "Program Run" page. I know Brett is in much the same boat, since I followed his lead. ;o)

Thanks,
Paul, Central OR

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Latest Vers of LazyCam?

« on: August 04, 2007, 01:34:11 PM »

The current version of LazyCam is available on the downloads page just below the Mach3 release.

http://www.artsoftcontrols.com/Downloads/LazyCam2.02.exe

The only thing I'm aware of for a new install might need is your previous .xml for your local settings... otherwise, it should be a stand alone install.

G-code posting issues I'll leave to Art & Brian to answer.

Paul, Central OR

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JetCam screen designer / Re: List of Jetcam requests :)

« on: July 12, 2007, 12:52:03 PM »

Stan,

We expect all the time and urgency we are paying for!!!

I hope you feel the appreciation so many of us have for your contribution.

Many thanks for all you are doing, Paul, Central OR

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: LazyCam 2.081 Issues

« on: July 10, 2007, 06:49:35 PM »

Hi Chip,

I tried your Lcam, but got very odd offsetting of the outer profile. I loaded your .dxf and created the toolpaths. The "foot" of the profile is getting the oversize arc offsets shown in LCam the same as the prevoius example was showing in Mach3. The G-code generated is still giving I's & J's way out of spec.

Thanks again for jumping in on this.

*****

Brian or Art...

Is there a preferred *.dxf for testing LCam that I could try, so I can sort out my computer/software issues if any?

My LCam xml is attached.

Paul, Central OR

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: LCam pro turn problem

« on: July 10, 2007, 02:10:57 PM »

Yeah... I've got past work stored on Zip drive disks, Syquest EZ-135 cartridges, CD's and a couple of retired computer hard disks sitting on the shelf. Forgot where to even start looking for some stuff. 

Paul, Central OR

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: LazyCam 2.081 Issues

« on: July 10, 2007, 02:04:42 PM »

Hi Brian,

I thought I had tried that before, but tried again. It does straighten out the curves... but not in a way I'm looking for. 

The bounding box is huge (271.1525 units should be 2.0625 units).

Hi Chip,

The *.dxf, *.Lcam and *.nc files are in the attached *.zip file for my July 9th post below.

Thanks guys, Paul

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: LazyCam 2.081 Issues

« on: July 09, 2007, 08:36:51 PM »

Hi Chip,

Thanks for looking at it...

I have been using CutViewerMill and CutViewerTurn to proof my G-code since I purchased the software bundle from Robert at MeshCAM a few years ago. Mach3 and the CutViewers were part of the bundle. Both versions of CutViewer have been dependable for proofing and editing G-code with my other methods of generating G-code (DeskCNC, and a few lathe code generators). So, I never got in the habit of proofing code in Mach3.

I loaded the G-code in Mach3 2.01 and found the two empty tool calls (T&H). The arcs are displayed closer to what they should be, but still not correct. If you zoom in, you will see they are not a smooth transition from entity to entity in the area I call the "foot". They are slightly larger radii than they should be. I haven't calculated the I' & J's to see what they should be... haven't wrapped my brain around that one yet... been dependent on CAM to work those out. 

I'm wondering now why CutViewer and Mach3 are interpreting the code so differently? Just to check, I loaded the code in NCPlot and got the same results as CutViewer. Who's on first?

Need to get back to my eBay stuff... will look closer at the code later and see if I can figure out what's out of place.

Thanks again, Paul

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: LazyCam 2.081 Issues

« on: July 09, 2007, 12:51:36 PM »

Hi Art & Brian,

Here is my latest test using LCam ver 081. I'm still getting the weird arc thing. Also, LCam is not placing tool change code appropriate for the layer sequence in Projects. I only get one call for a drill, and one call for an end mill.

Thanks again for all the rapid progress,
Paul, Central OR

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: LCam pro turn problem

« on: July 06, 2007, 02:58:38 PM »

Hi Brian,

It looks like you got snookered by the big guy! That file (Tool tip codes.bmp) has "artfenerty" as the contributor. 

"ToolTips.GIF" has "lcdpublishing" as contributor.

You, on the other hand, have made contributions far beyond my capability to count... even if I take my clothes off!  (old gag from the "Golden Girls")

Anyway... I was just trying to give you an early nudge before too much code was locked in.

Paul, Central OR