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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Software discount Mach 4

« on: December 23, 2017, 10:33:45 AM »

Kudos for asking the question Sand Hans 

Tweakie.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Mach3 won't load new g codes

« on: December 23, 2017, 02:10:31 AM »

Use Notepad to open one of your newly generated Gcode files.
Is it actually Gcode ?
Does it look anything like one of your older Gcode files ?

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: mACH4 hELPPP!

« on: December 23, 2017, 02:05:38 AM »

This topic has been moved to Mach4 General Discussion.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=36211.0

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No deceleration on surfboard chatting

« on: December 23, 2017, 02:02:40 AM »

Hi,

There is nothing in your Gcode which would cause it to end with a stop without deceleration (as specified in Motor Tuning). Interesting that you have reduced the feed-rate in steps towards the end but that should not cause an issue.
If an Estop or limit switch is being detected whilst your Gcode is running then an exact stop will occur but there will be a message in the Status window to tell you that this has happened.
One thing you may wish to keep in mind is that all Mach3 Gcode should end with a Carriage Return and the easiest way to ensure this is to make the last line a null character such as %. Without this CR the last line of Gcode will be ignored.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No deceleration on surfboard chatting

« on: December 22, 2017, 02:08:27 AM »

Hi,

You have attached your Shape3D file - what I would like to see is your Gcode file (as you would load to Mach3).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No deceleration on surfboard chatting

« on: December 21, 2017, 01:50:35 AM »

If you could .zip and then attach your Gcode file we could take a look and hopefully find the problem.

Tweakie.

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Building or Buying a Wood routing table.. Beginnners guide.. / Re: need help plssssss

« on: December 20, 2017, 02:43:34 AM »

Hi Andrei,

Because you are using Mach3 in Demo...
Mach3 will load the whole of your Gcode when it is not connected to a controller.
When it is connected to a controller it will only load the first 500 line of Gcode. (this is a restriction placed on the Demo)

You need to purchase a Mach3 license to unlock the software; http://www.machsupport.com/shop/mach3/

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 query with pmdx 126 and ESS

« on: December 18, 2017, 06:48:07 AM »

Hi Steven,

Perhaps, as an initial step, follow through the Warp9 documentation on migration from Mach3 to Mach4 just to check that you have not overlooked something basic. https://www.warp9td.com/index.php/gettingstarted/migrating-from-mach3-to-mach4

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hall of shame

« on: December 18, 2017, 02:00:38 AM »

There is no justification for using Pirate software.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Laser Project.

« on: December 13, 2017, 08:15:29 AM »

Something for others who may be interested in halftone techniques…

SquiggleDraw (https://github.com/gwygonik/SquiggleDraw) is an App. which runs inside Processing (https://processing.org/). It is quite easy to set-up and use and it produces an .svg image which can be converted to Gcode within Inkscape (https://inkscape.org/en/) or other vector software such as Aspire9 (http://www.vectric.com/products/aspire.html) .

Here is an .svg generated image converted to .dxf (http://ul.to/vo1uiw3x)
 and the associated Mach3 Laser toolpath (http://ul.to/gqg1inuc)
 

Tweakie.