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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: New LazyCam has lots of problems
« on: December 04, 2006, 12:30:57 AM »
Art,
I downloaded the file you suggested. It says it is the same version.
The Optimise Drawing check box cannot be unchecked.
If I do not check the box "Relayer" and I press either Optimise or Autoclean, I get a blank work screen (scary).
If I then check the "Relayer" option, the two buttons do work (and the lost image recovers too), and they do seem to produce reasonable clean chaining results. If I do autoclean once, it finds 4 of the five outside edges (squeezes 5 layers down to 4 layers), If I click a second time, it finds all 5 (and squeezes out another layer).
I have three distinct DOC that I am trying to use, and a fourth for outside cut layer. The Autoclean only creates three DOC layers and I loose the fourth. I can, of course, create a new layer and sort out the critical items, but I believe I shouldn't have to. It would be nice to eliminate the layer that I use to keep track of the outside path. If the program can now find and separate them reliably, that will save time.
Obviously, the program cannot tell that I want each layer to translate to a specific DOC, but I suspect it should be wary of merging layers, because there is usually a good reason for using multiple layers.
I am at a loss as to who your target average EasyCam user is. The files I am trying to convert to G Code are basically flat AutoCAD 2.5D drawings. as far as I can tell, they are nothing fancy. I convert all the lines to actual tool paths in AutoCAD (a somewhat painful process). I haven't used any complex shapes, and nothing 3 dimensional, where X, Y, & Z are all changing at once. The image I sent you was of some simple clock parts. The parts have through holes, milled surfaces (two different depths), and outside cuts (thus 4 layers).
How come there is an option to "Load current Mach 3 file" if it isn't supposed to interpret G Code? It gives an error whenever I try it, so maybe you need to remove the option from the menu.
How do I toggle the climb mill mode ON and OFF for a given layer? I am finding that different materials like different cutting modes
I just tried a tool change and noticed that it does put in the M6 code but no tool number. Is that the way it is supposed to be?
Thanks.
Bill
I downloaded the file you suggested. It says it is the same version.
The Optimise Drawing check box cannot be unchecked.
If I do not check the box "Relayer" and I press either Optimise or Autoclean, I get a blank work screen (scary).
If I then check the "Relayer" option, the two buttons do work (and the lost image recovers too), and they do seem to produce reasonable clean chaining results. If I do autoclean once, it finds 4 of the five outside edges (squeezes 5 layers down to 4 layers), If I click a second time, it finds all 5 (and squeezes out another layer).
I have three distinct DOC that I am trying to use, and a fourth for outside cut layer. The Autoclean only creates three DOC layers and I loose the fourth. I can, of course, create a new layer and sort out the critical items, but I believe I shouldn't have to. It would be nice to eliminate the layer that I use to keep track of the outside path. If the program can now find and separate them reliably, that will save time.
Obviously, the program cannot tell that I want each layer to translate to a specific DOC, but I suspect it should be wary of merging layers, because there is usually a good reason for using multiple layers.
I am at a loss as to who your target average EasyCam user is. The files I am trying to convert to G Code are basically flat AutoCAD 2.5D drawings. as far as I can tell, they are nothing fancy. I convert all the lines to actual tool paths in AutoCAD (a somewhat painful process). I haven't used any complex shapes, and nothing 3 dimensional, where X, Y, & Z are all changing at once. The image I sent you was of some simple clock parts. The parts have through holes, milled surfaces (two different depths), and outside cuts (thus 4 layers).
How come there is an option to "Load current Mach 3 file" if it isn't supposed to interpret G Code? It gives an error whenever I try it, so maybe you need to remove the option from the menu.
How do I toggle the climb mill mode ON and OFF for a given layer? I am finding that different materials like different cutting modes
I just tried a tool change and noticed that it does put in the M6 code but no tool number. Is that the way it is supposed to be?
Thanks.
Bill