Messages

5301

General Mach Discussion / Re: ventric problem

« on: November 07, 2012, 02:26:33 AM »

I am pleased that you have discovered a problem and I hope that this will be the cure.

Tweakie.

5302

FAQs / Re: Altium 9 to Mach3

« on: November 06, 2012, 01:42:14 AM »

PcbMill at the bottom of this page http://cncdrive.com/downloads.html

Tweakie.

5303

FAQs / Re: Altium 9 to Mach3

« on: November 05, 2012, 12:05:18 PM »

Well it appears that the drill files exported from Altium 9 do not contain the Z axis data in Mach3 format.

The attached software is only an un-supported Beta release (please read the ‘about’ file) but it may do what is required. You perhaps need to change the file extension of the drill files from .nc to .txt in order to load them but they do seem to be processed OK.

I would be interested to hear if this software also handles your Gerber track data files as well.

Tweakie.

5304

General Mach Discussion / Re: ventric problem

« on: November 05, 2012, 10:27:59 AM »

This gets more and more curious.

Loading your 'brackets.txt' file here – in the toolpath window, for program limits I get  X Range +0.0000 to +23.1351.

Are you saying that this is an incorrect dimension for the work ?

Tweakie.

5305

FAQs / Re: Altium 9 to Mach3

« on: November 05, 2012, 07:58:08 AM »

I would need to see an example of your .nc file but if it contains the Z axis data then it can be loaded directly into Mach3. Could you perhaps post or email me an example ??

Tweakie.

5306

General Mach Discussion / Re: Plunge is off from path

« on: November 05, 2012, 02:15:13 AM »

When creating the toolpath for your cutouts a 'lead-in' / 'lead-out' may help resolve your problem.

Tweakie.

5307

General Mach Discussion / Re: ventric problem

« on: November 05, 2012, 01:39:08 AM »

I cut 1 of the braces yesterday and it worked well. It is when i try to cut all 6 that the problems occur.

Does your machine loose position ??
After cutting all 6 will it return to the exact starting position ??

Tweakie.

5308

General Mach Discussion / Re: ventric problem

« on: November 04, 2012, 02:39:18 AM »

Yes i tested the code and yes it gave me a square within a square 3.75 x 3.75 (with a 1/2 bit)

Then it appears the problem lies within your Vectric layout or the Vectric GCode generation.
Which of the Vectric post processors are you using ??

Tweakie.

5309

General Mach Discussion / Re: ventric problem

« on: November 03, 2012, 10:31:15 AM »

Did the test piece, I posted the code for, come out square ?

Tweakie.

5310

General Mach Discussion / Re: ventric problem

« on: November 03, 2012, 05:14:42 AM »

Hi Magicman,

Try this test piece.

If it does not come out square then you may have your steps per unit incorrectly set for your X or Y axis or possibly your X and Y Scale DRO's are not both set to the same value (typically 1.0000).

Tweakie.