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General Mach Discussion / Re: where are the files kept?

« on: January 29, 2019, 01:20:41 AM »

From your Profile (bottom right of screen) the pictures are stored within a folder of that name which is inside your Bitmaps folder which is inside your Mach3 folder.

ie. If your Profile is Mach3Mill then all the relevant images are stored within the MillBitmaps folder which is in your Bitmaps folder which is within your Mach3 folder.

(re-installing Mach3 should re-arrange all the folders correctly).

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General Mach Discussion / Re: xml files to later version of Mach 3

« on: January 28, 2019, 06:58:02 AM »

 Excellent

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 software.

« on: January 28, 2019, 04:53:01 AM »

There are fully working (with some limitations) free versions of Mach3 and Mach4 which you can download and try before you buy.  https://www.machsupport.com/software/

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: Can OB1 and OB2 be used inside the G-code ?

« on: January 28, 2019, 01:26:12 AM »

This topic has been moved to Mach4 General Discussion.

https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=39333.0

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Threading and Index Signal Problem

« on: January 27, 2019, 06:22:05 AM »

I have sent you a PM.

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*****VIDEOS***** / Re: Mach 3 threading

« on: January 27, 2019, 01:24:37 AM »

Excellent 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: saving the auto tool zero script

« on: January 26, 2019, 01:39:10 AM »

Hi Kendo100,

You really need to be using a more up to date version of Mach3. It can be downloaded and installed over the top of your existing version but initially make a safe backup of your Mach3 folder (just in case any of the settings need to be changed). Version R3.043.062 can be downloaded from this page; https://www.machsupport.com/downloads-updates/main-programs/

Click and Copy your new Auto Tool Zero script then within Mach3 select Operator /  Edit Button Script and click on the flashing Auto Tool Zero button. Delete anything that is already there and Paste in your new script then save the change.

Hope this helps.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: g-code post processor error

« on: January 25, 2019, 02:45:37 AM »

You could use the Mach3 Safe_Z Setup (Config. menu) or modify your Post Processor.
Safe_Z is probably the easiest solution.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G-Code bad character used

« on: January 25, 2019, 02:36:37 AM »

Hi John,

Well, after a bit more research, it appears that Microsoft allows us to save our files in many different formats and languages etc. and Mach3 only likes single-byte ASCII characters (thanks Roger) so my guess is that CopperCam are using an unsupported character set (as far as Mach3 is concerned). Perhaps have a chat to CopperCam and see what they have to say.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G-Code bad character used

« on: January 25, 2019, 02:21:25 AM »

Hi John,

This has come up before but it was a long while ago and I have not yet been able to find the relevant threads. At this stage I have absolutely no idea how the odd characters have got into your Notepad document and why they cannot be edited out.
They can however, be removed by copy and pasting the Gcode text into a new text document then saving it as a .nc file. I have attached a modified file for you to try (you may need to adjust your tool number).

Tweakie.