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General Mach Discussion / Re: Backlash compensation for a rotary axis ?

« on: February 25, 2009, 06:44:33 AM »

Rich

Yeah I usually get things finished eventually.  Sometimes takes a while. 

Olf20

1/4" and 1/8" ballnose endmills.

Bill

Therein lies my problem.  I don't have CAM software to do these sort of toolpaths.

A friend provided this one.  He does have some industrial CAM.  I can't afford it. 

All I can do so far is convert 2D toolpaths to 4th axis with a Wrapper program.  A bit limited.

Greg

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Backlash compensation for a rotary axis ?

« on: February 23, 2009, 04:19:32 AM »

Finally got off my butt and made a mount and tailstock for this 4th axis.   

Greg

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Mach Screens / Re: Button to call a menu item ?

« on: February 22, 2009, 03:50:02 PM »

http://www.developerfusion.com/article/57/sendkeys-command/

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Mach Screens / Re: Button to call a menu item ?

« on: February 21, 2009, 08:54:26 PM »

Scott

Sorry there is more than one place this is getting discussed and I did not explain well.

When the button is used it calls the video OK but afterwards the MDI will not work.

What happens is the "Shift to over ride jogging" gets stuck on for some reason. Look on the tab flyout window.

Rod worked out that adding the + symbol (shift key) is a work around.

Greg

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Mach Screens / Re: Button to call a menu item ?

« on: February 21, 2009, 06:04:04 PM »

Scott

That one screws up the MDI for me like the first variant I posted did.

But adding the + seems to make it work OK,

SendKeys ("+%PV")

Greg

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Mach Screens / Re: Button to call a menu item ?

« on: February 20, 2009, 04:16:47 PM »

Sometimes the answer is close to home.

Local CNCer had the answer.

This code used as a button script,

sendKeys "%(P)V"

Calls the video window.  Works a treat. 

Thanks Rod.

Greg

EDIT:  No that one caused problems with Mach somehow.

This one seems to work,  SendKeys "+%(P)V"

Again thanks to Rod.

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Mach Screens / Re: Button to call a menu item ?

« on: February 19, 2009, 06:45:36 PM »

OK as usual I don't realise the complexity of what I am asking for.   

Not worth that sort of effort Scott.  Would have been nice but not a deal breaker.

Greg

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Mach Screens / Re: Button to call a menu item ?

« on: February 19, 2009, 06:11:19 PM »

Yeah if any one can do that it will be Scott.   

Posted a general question on it on the Yahoo group also.

Greg

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Mach Screens / Re: Button to call a menu item ?

« on: February 19, 2009, 05:53:52 PM »

Thanks for that Jason

Brian seems to be snowed under at the moment. 

Might leave it for another time. 

Greg

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Mach Screens / Button to call a menu item ?

« on: February 19, 2009, 04:05:58 PM »

I know I have seen info on this somewhere but despite my search efforts I can't find it. 

Just want an on-screen button to call the video window plugin, menu item.

Sure I can do this with a button script.     This is with Scream4.

Thanks,  Greg