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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 always hesitates in arcs and circles

« on: September 22, 2017, 02:08:07 AM »

Hi Stephane,

Unfortunately I am unable to test your .xml settings - I don't have an XHC controller and your settings will not run under Mach3 parallel port control.

Could you try reducing your X and Y axis Velocity settings by 50% (in motor tuning) and setting the Acceleration number to at least 10% of the Velocity number (save the changes) - does this make any noticeable difference ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Moving settings to another computer

« on: September 21, 2017, 08:23:37 AM »

The official word...

'Mach3's feature set is complete, while Mach4's will continue to expand.  If you are new to cnc, Artsoft highly recommends using and learning Mach4 even if it appears that Mach3's feature set will be adequate for your needs'.

Tweakie and Rich are just two Dina-saws  

Tweakie.

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Members Docs / The Write Wizard.

« on: September 21, 2017, 06:19:42 AM »

Here is John Stevenson’s introduction to the Write Wizard by German Bravo.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: cad/cam software that link with mach4 on USB to control

« on: September 21, 2017, 01:22:23 AM »

Hi,
from artwork to Mach4 without any intervening steps...try the CNCfairy, last I heard he was flatting with the
Easter Bunny smoking a lot of weed and bonking all the girls!

Craig

 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Single Line Cut for Plates

« on: September 20, 2017, 02:00:19 AM »

It may also be worth while taking a look at F-Engrave http://scorchworks.com/Fengrave/fengrave.html (it is free to use).

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: CUSTOM PISTOL GRIPS

« on: September 19, 2017, 08:11:38 AM »

Excellent work Rich.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Moving settings to another computer

« on: September 19, 2017, 04:17:17 AM »

Hi Scot,

To put Mach3 on another computer - Install Mach3 on the new computer then copy across your <profile> .xml file (plus any special screen sets or Macros if you have created any and also your ESS settings). This way you can preserve any set-up you have made.
The process is slightly different for Mach4.

If you are starting out from scratch then, I think, Mach4 would be the way to go.

For others, like me, we will cling onto Mach3 until such time as Mach4 (and the motion controllers software) are all fully matured.  

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Moving settings to another computer

« on: September 19, 2017, 02:26:04 AM »

Hi Scot,

Rich is the expert lathe man and I am sure he will be along later (different time zone) to advise on the Mach3 / Mach4 choice.

Regarding the Mach3 screen; if you select Auto Enlarge in General Config. then drag the bottom right of the screen bounding box when Mach is closed and re-opened it should be the new size and show all the features.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Moving settings to another computer

« on: September 19, 2017, 01:20:56 AM »

Hi Scot,

Which external motion controller are you using ?

Did you copy your license file from the old to new computer installation ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 always hesitates in arcs and circles

« on: September 18, 2017, 11:13:32 AM »

Hi Stephanisk,

I have just run your Gcode here (I had to reduce it to 0.25 scale to fit on my engraving machine) and my machine motion appears to be smooth between Gcode line transitions etc. so I think that rules out the Gcode as being the problem.

Could you attach your <profile> .xml file (copy and rename it to a unique name such as stephan.xml before attaching) then we can check your Mach3 settings.

Tweakie.