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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach XML Reader

« on: November 21, 2008, 03:52:42 PM »

Jason,
The last version MachXM2.zip works fine.
You may be right it is a matter of naming but not name length because I copied    Mach_XML_Reader_2.exe     into     Copie de Mach_XML_Reader_2.exe    and it works fine .
Gaston

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach XML Reader

« on: November 21, 2008, 03:27:53 PM »

MachCML.exe opens properly everytime whereever I saved it 
If you wish to investigate some more I can do more test.
Gaston 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach XML Reader

« on: November 21, 2008, 02:30:17 PM »

Hi Zealous,
I saved the zip file in a subdirectory of Mach. Then I extract the file in the same directory.
The program may work some time, maybe twice in a row, but most of the time only the logo appears and briefly I can see an error box then it goes behind the logo and I cannot reach it to close it. The only way out is to terminate its execution with Windows task manager.
On the other end, if I save and extract the file on the desktop it never failed after 5 or 6 tries.
Gaston

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach XML Reader

« on: November 20, 2008, 08:17:42 PM »

Thanks zealous,
It seem to work if I download the zip on the desktop and run the XML Reader from within the zip file. If I either extract the file to the desktop it does not work anymore.
If I download the zip into a subdirectory Mach2\Mach_XML_Reader it does not work neither in or out of the zip.
Gaston

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach XML Reader

« on: November 20, 2008, 02:34:51 PM »

Zealous,
When I click Mach_XML_Reader.exe, inside the zip file or after extraction I get the Alpha Graphic Designs AGD logo and an Application error with intruction at 0x746ad2f3 uses memory address 0x00000c58 . The memory cannot be read.
Or, if I keep trying I get the error Access violation at address 00140199. Write of address 00000310
Or Exception EAccessViolation in module ntdll.dll at 00011760.

I'm using XP.
Anything I can do?
Gaston

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Video P*r*o*b*i*n*g / Re: Post your Point Clouds Here!

« on: August 21, 2008, 11:39:38 AM »

Hi Tom,
You are becoming the expert at scanning small object You are now ready to machine one of these beast
What's next?
Have you tried to translate your data to mm and do a mesh in Machcloud?
Gaston

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Brains Development / Low Spindle Speed limit

« on: August 18, 2008, 01:50:52 PM »

New to brains.
I would like to prevent (or stop in an orderly manner) execution whenever the spindle rpm is lower that the a certain % of set speed.
The objective is to prevent scrapping a job if the spindle slows down abnormally after many hours of work.
How would you do this with a brains?
Gaston Gagnon
 

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Video P*r*o*b*i*n*g / Re: Photos of webcam scanner. ( no laughing.. :) )

« on: July 26, 2008, 11:03:51 PM »

Hi Tom,
Here are the files request and more 
decimated 3x.txt . The original produced by the plugin was too big for excel so load the file in MachCloud and saved a 3 times decimated version.
decimated 3x mm.txt. The converted file by excel.
decimated 3x mm.mesh the meshing parameters were the default one.
I have included a picture of the original object and one screenshots.

Gaston

 

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Video P*r*o*b*i*n*g / Re: Photos of webcam scanner. ( no laughing.. :) )

« on: July 24, 2008, 01:34:54 PM »

Thanks for the suggestion but unfortunately it does not work with a ball 0.01" diameter. The reason, I think is that a Tangential Analysis is performed before meshing and that operation excludes practically everything leaving only a few points, if any, to mesh.

As I see it, the options to use MachCloud for meshing right now are:
1) make a program to convert English units (inches) to International (mm)
2) scan with Mach3 in metric (executing G21 before the scan? I'm not to sure if that would work at the moment)
3) wait until ...

Also, could it be possible that MachCloud refuse to mesh if the object is too small (like Tom Hubin's penny cloud file for example)?

Gaston

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Video P*r*o*b*i*n*g / Re: Photos of webcam scanner. ( no laughing.. :) )

« on: July 23, 2008, 11:56:22 PM »

Thank you Art,
I have found out what the problem is: I'm using "inch" system and MachCload expect "mm" coordinates.
I have brought my cloud file in Excel and multiplied each values by 25.4 and saved it.
When opened in MachCloud now it can meshed and my parts are recognizable 
Please when you have a minute to work on MachCloud a mm/inch option would be very usefull
Great to see significant results.

Gaston