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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: No tabs

« on: May 25, 2008, 05:41:33 PM »

Hello Chip,

You'll have to teach me how to save a screen shot!

I have tried that setting, if a lead-in is what I think it is, the above setting actually created one.  Lead-in: where the tool leads into the tool path from desired direction, like a car  merging into traffic?

Here's what I'm seeing...
I draw a rectangle, open it in LC, select the tool, depth of cut etc., turn off all lead ins.  select chain, tabs, say 4.  Toolpath/tabs looks right on LC but once it's posted to Mach 3 the tabs look like ramps rather than a rectangle.

I just realized that I should try this on the other PC since this is the one I was experimenting with the post processor, although I'd saved it as an experimental version.

Curtis

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: No tabs

« on: May 24, 2008, 08:16:43 AM »

Regarding tabs, when posting g-code to mach3 I see what looks like "lead in", a ramp to the desired tab height.

And the length of the ramp can vary from 1/8" to 2" with tab length set to .25" in any one chain.  The tabs look fine in LC.

I turn off all lead ins in LC and on the Chains tab in LC turn off lead ins before setting the tabs.

Any ideas?

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: LazyCam, post and other questions

« on: May 13, 2008, 02:51:54 PM »

Ah, so that's how that's done.

Thanks Chip, I'm looking forward to playing around with it.

Curtis

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: LazyCam, post and other questions

« on: May 12, 2008, 07:54:48 PM »

Please enlighten me...  how can I edit the Mill Example.pst file, and not have it be saved as a .txt file?  It's gotta be a .pst file for LC to accept as the post proc, obviously.

Also, I gather the unnecessary move of the Z to a safe height is something that must be tolerated for now? 

Is everyone else seeing the tool move back to the "start" of a chain on each pass rather than just plunging to the next depth and reversing the feed direction?

Thanks,
Curtis