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3641

General Mach Discussion / Re: Z axis design and Mach3 control

« on: October 17, 2007, 03:34:13 PM »

No, steps per are very important.

Brett

3642

General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3?

« on: October 16, 2007, 10:52:21 PM »

Hmmmmmm, I have sent you a personal message.

Brett

3643

Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / Re: Error reading posts with images

« on: October 16, 2007, 10:11:17 AM »

They are working on getting the bugs hammered out.

Brett

3644

General Mach Discussion / Re: Can I have a beep and a flashing icon ???

« on: October 16, 2007, 10:09:36 AM »

Yup, just add  speak to any of the macros and what you want it to say. You have to enable speech in general config. Here is an example.

Speak ("Hey Jim, wake up and come change this tool") 

Just open your mach profile, operator, VB script editor, and paste this in then step through it. If you need to change the voice speed, settings, look in control panel, spech.

Brett

3645

General Mach Discussion / Re: Z issue , reoccuring.

« on: October 16, 2007, 06:39:42 AM »

Tell us more about your set-up. Do you have fans cooling your drives? Was this a long run? Looks like it may have skipped steps or slipped when the z was going up. What are your rapids set at?

Brett

3646

LazyCam (Beta) / Re: LazyCam Pro 2.47 Errors

« on: October 16, 2007, 06:27:36 AM »

They are doing a swap and fixing bugs as they pop up. This should straighten out soon.

Brett

3647

General Mach Discussion / Re: How to flatten table?

« on: October 15, 2007, 09:51:32 PM »

LOL, I know the feeling, like a kid at Christmas.

Brett

3648

General Mach Discussion / Re: Pattern shifting on Repeats

« on: October 15, 2007, 03:57:50 PM »

Have you tuned the drives? What speeds are you running at?

Brett

3649

G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Centre Format Arcs Using I & J Help

« on: October 15, 2007, 01:20:46 PM »

OK, so you want a square with radius corners?

Brett

3650

G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Centre Format Arcs Using I & J Help

« on: October 15, 2007, 08:58:41 AM »

This is a 2 inch circle on a centerline toolpath. It is not offset to the inside or the out side. Lines N26-N29 are the4 arc sections. The center of the circle is at X2.00 Y2.00.

(IJtest)
N2 G15G80G17G40G20G90G94G49G99G64G99
N3 G54
 
(MATERIAL:)
(   X MIN:0.000  Y MIN:0.000   Z MIN:-1.000)
(   X MAX:4.000  Y MAX:4.000   Z MAX:-1.000)
(   X SIZE:4.000  Y SIZE:4.000  Z SIZE:0.000)
(   THICKNESS:1.000)
 
(FIRST TOOL INFORMATION)
(   TOOL NUMBER:1)
(   DESCRIPTION:0.063 inches dia. slot drill)
 
(FEED RATES IN INCHES PER MINUTE)
(   CUTTING FEED RATE:30)
(   PLUNGE FEED RATE :10)
(   RAPID FEED RATE  :9999)
(   SPINDLE SPEED    :S15000 r.p.m)
N20 M3 S15000
N21 G0Z0.2000
N22 G0X0.0000Y0.0000
 
N24 G0X1.0000Y2.0000Z0.2000
N25 G1Z-0.0500F10.0
N26 G2X2.0000Y3.0000I1.0000J-0.0000F30.0
N27 G2X3.0000Y2.0000I-0.0000J-1.0000
N28 G2X2.0000Y1.0000I-1.0000J0.0000
N29 G2X1.0000Y2.0000I0.0000J1.0000
N30 G0Z0.2000
N31 G0X0.0000Y0.0000
N32 M9
N33 M5
N34 G0Z0.2000
N35 M30


Is this what you wanted?

Brett