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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3: How to Activate/deactivate a button in a macro

« on: September 22, 2017, 11:04:03 PM »

I use MachScreen for screen editor and I did not find a greyed as initial state for new button so I kind of expected that it would not be possible.
Thanks Gerry and Craig for taking the time to answer.
Gaston

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3: How to grey out a button in a macro

« on: September 22, 2017, 04:01:55 PM »

I will try to make my question a little clearer.
 
Mach3:
Is there a way to grey out / un grey out a button within a macro depending whether certain conditions a met or not?
Thanks,
Gaston

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3: How to Activate/deactivate a button in a macro

« on: September 19, 2017, 09:41:46 PM »

Mach3:
Is there a way or a function to enable/block a button programmatically in a macro so it is not clikable?
Thanks,
Gaston

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Dolphin Lathe tool dra files

« on: February 13, 2013, 08:30:52 PM »

Thanks for the info Hood.
Gaston

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Dolphin Lathe tool dra files

« on: February 12, 2013, 02:51:05 PM »

Hi Hood,
Thanks for sharing your work.
To make these tools do you use DCAD to draw the tool or some other program then export as dxf and import in DCAD then save din .dra?
In other words, what process do you follow to make those tools?
Gaston

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NFS Turn Wizard

« on: December 14, 2011, 11:05:48 AM »

Hi Ron,
I have installed version 5.
Thanks for adding the Single block button. By the way, how do we know it Single is On? The only way I found is to click Regen and if the Regen process freezes then it means Single was active. Not very convenient. There must be an other way. In mill, there is a light that witnesses its state but neither Turn nor the NFZ wizard has this led.

One more thing.
I still cannot jog with the keyboards arrows in either Manual and Run screens, only in Tool Offset, Diag1 and Diag2 screens.
When I exit the wizard to the original Turn, jog works all right with keyboard arrows.
As nobody reported this I am most likely the only one with this problem but having to change screen to job is a no go for this wizard.  
Anything I or you can do about this?
Thanks
Gaston

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NFS Turn Wizard

« on: December 08, 2011, 09:54:41 AM »

What I meant by Single Step is the button called Single in the original Cycle screen.

I guess I left that button off the screens. I can add it in the next revision.

Thanks.

There you have Plunge rate and Roughing and Finish Feed rate. Correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is Plunge rate determines the speed with which the tool plunges in the material along the Z axis while the Feed rate determine the speed of the tool along the X axis.

I didn't do it that way. I make rapid moves until the tool is cutting, then it moves at the feed rate associated with the tool. I didn't want to have to add a feed rate to every cut cycle, and it seemed to me that associating it with the tool made sense.

I look on the Tool Offset screen and did not see any reference to speed. Where is that specified?

One more thing. I cannot jog with the keyboards arrows in either Manual and Run screens, only in Tool Offset, Diag1 and Diag2 screens. Do you have any idea what I could have gone wrong?

Jog only works on screens that have a jog control on them, thats just how mach works. I tried to put a jog control on any screen where you need one. I do not see the need for jog while on an operation screen where you are filing in numbers. The manual and Run screens should have a jog control, and if I have missed it I will add it in the next release.

I'm not sure what Jog Control you are referring to. On every screen I can click the Jog  button (top right) and the green light goes on/off.

Allso on every screen I can press Tab and get the Jog Pane appearing where I get movement when I click with the mouse on Z+ and Z-- or JogX-- and JogX++ buttons but the keyboard arrows refuse to work on Manual and Run screens.
 
Other than that I see no other Jog Controls.

Thanks for your time Ron.
Gaston

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NFS Turn Wizard

« on: December 07, 2011, 11:48:30 PM »

Ron or anyone care to comment?

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NFS Turn Wizard

« on: December 06, 2011, 09:22:24 AM »

Thanks for your reply Ron.

1)I tried to keep the screen simple so I didn't put all the jog controls on the main screen, but the TAB key pops up a full jog window, just like the main mach screen. Or do you mean the single block setting for running programs?

What I meant by Single Step is the button called Single in the original Cycle screen.

2)I don't understand this. What plunge rate do you mean, on the drill screen?

Please refer to Lathe Turning Wizard by Brina/Kiran - ID Facing
There you have Plunge rate and Roughing and Finish Feed rate. Correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is Plunge rate determines the speed with which the tool plunges in the material along the Z axis while the Feed rate determine the speed of the tool along the X axis.

3)I have never heard of that being a problem. I don't think its possible to have different jog rate. You could use motor tuning to slow the faster axis, but then all your G0 moves would be slower.

I will be replacing the motors later today and will be returning with this one after more tests.

One more thing. I cannot jog with the keyboards arrows in either Manual and Run screens, only in Tool Offset, Diag1 and Diag2 screens. Do you have any idea what I could have gone wrong?
Thanks
Gaston

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NFS Turn Wizard

« on: December 05, 2011, 04:10:17 PM »

Brand new user here and a bit clueless. Sorry if these questions have already been covered but I didn't find the answer.
1. Where is the Single Step button in NFS Wizard?
2. I wish I could set the Plunge Rate (z axis) independently from the z axis. Any way this can be done?
3. For the same jog speed, the tool behaves very differently in x and z directions. This is probably due to very different screws. I'm I condemned to change the jog speed when going from one axis to the other or there is a way around this problem, how do you guys do?

Thanks,
Gaston