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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Pocketing not working
« on: December 16, 2008, 05:40:28 PM »
SAGE,
I don't get annoyed. All of this is a fun hobby for me and enjoy it all and even have fun with
Mission Impossible statements ( remember that show?). The posts RC listed give you good insight on the program.
You can spend hours fooling with something. Sometimes it's the thing to do if your in the mood. Let not your heart be troubled by some quirk in a program. It's when you pay big bucks for something and you get poop,now that's annoying. Every program out there has some poop, you just have to go for a long enough walk along the trail to step in it. The more walks on different trails you take lets you find out which trail may be worth walking along. Sometimes you just have to hop the fence to continue taking the walk, who knows why someone put it there and when if ever it will be taken down.
I'm still walking around, but on a different trail, just give a yell when you step in deep poop and we'll
sniff around and find ya.
RICH

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Pocketing not working
« on: December 16, 2008, 01:57:48 PM »
Sage,
 Your mission, should you accept it, will be to bring the fourth profile into the custody of user input using available provided
tools.The fourth profile has been recognized as exhibiting elusive LazyCam behavior.This behavior must stop to benifit those of us who know not what to do. Recent surveilance has shown the cuplrit to be in the upper fourth quadrant  associating  with pulldown menus of questionable functioning. As always, should you get caught in your LazyCam endeavors, this Moderator will disclaim any knowledge of your LazyCam investigative activities. Good luck Sage on your mission. This post will come to an end with clicking of the post button. ;D
RICH   

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Pocketing not working
« on: December 15, 2008, 07:36:56 PM »
SAGE,
Still being curious i put  the first three figures on a different level, turned them off, and re dxf'd the file out
as a V12. I couldn't find anything wrong with the fourth figure in CAD. Like you guys I couldn't get a pocket until
i got to the .187" dia cutter. I then oops'ed back and started to just play with the lead-in's and start point and things started
to work fine. It just didn't like the upper corner for some reason. Here is a screen shot of one that worked. Didn't do a hundred of them as i figured you would prefer to have fun. I keep this up and just may start using it! :)
RICH

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Pocketing not working
« on: December 14, 2008, 09:06:14 PM »
Sage,
Only logic used on my end was to use a cutter that was half or less than the radius of the curve.
I just kind of remember that ( which probably is not relevent). I figure if you can
get profiles  using some parameters in the tools, then you should be able to work your way up or down
and see where it faults. Don't remember how you change the lead in or direction but it's different than the
other profiles.  Now this may sound stupid, but simplify the drawing ie; just take the profile that is not working
by itself and see if it will work, or change the order of all the profiles, or variations on the theme, no logic here
just hacking away in the dark.
Play with it as i really have no magic on my end.

RC,
 Where you going, I thought you like a challenge.

RICH

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Pocketing not working
« on: December 14, 2008, 07:19:55 PM »
Sage,
Dinner about to be served. Will try the file posted in #25 after eating.
We'll see if  a glass of wine helps. ;) In the mean time you may want to try what i just posted.
Pure luck my friend!
RICH

MODIFIED: INITIAL TEST OF YOUR DXF POSTED IN #25. NOTE THE CUTTER DIAMETER I USED

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Pocketing not working
« on: December 14, 2008, 07:12:47 PM »
Sorry, but bad memory on what i did.
See attached.

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Pocketing not working
« on: December 14, 2008, 06:43:05 PM »
Just for kicks i decided to try using LazyCam Mill.
Your recent dxf post worked for me.
I found an extra vertical line in the first square when lazycam imported it, right  side of it, deleted it, drug the chain up so there was only one in projects, clicked on each drawn figure, did the pocket thing for each, posted code, if i remember correctly.
I think the secret was that I told Lazycam Mill not to torque me off or i would ban it from the pc and it listened. ;D
RICH
MODIFIED: IT WAS A LAYER THAT I DELETED. SEE NEXT POST ON WHAT I DID

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Pocketing not working
« on: December 14, 2008, 02:11:21 PM »
Hey,
Just thinking,could it be that it needs the lead in to the next piece to follow some of the rules
similar to compensation. Drag the point to make a second move before the next profile?
Just a brain cloud. Isn't Chip well versed in mill?
RICH

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Pocketing not working
« on: December 14, 2008, 02:07:17 PM »
Just a few general comments.
I don't use polylines / always explode them into lines, arc's, circles / basic  elements.
I don't know about Autocad light. At one time it was a PITA  if you got a light version and had to use the generated dxf in some other program or even within Autocad, but that was a long time ago.
The square, square with rounded corners were polylines, while the mitered square was a combination polyline and line ( which you could create as a single polyline if you wanted to) and the last one was individual elements. don't know if mixing them up creates any     quirks in LazyCam.
Other than that the drafting looked ok ( just checked end points with units set to 4 places and not 2), no double lines, etc..

As far as Lazycam Mill goes, i just didn't have the energy to hack my way thru it. Fooled with it some and let it go, but, I had the option to use other purchased software. The turn part was enough hours spent.  

Sorry, can't be of much more help,
RICH

  

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Pocketing not working
« on: December 14, 2008, 12:48:33 PM »
Hi All,
 Will look at the dxf you posted RC. I never got into Lazycam Mill part of the program, so i am a big zero
on using it. I was stuck in the Lazycam Turn web.  ;) I figured you guys would figure it out then enlighten me on using it
by writing the manual.  ;D Let me take a look at the file and will let you know what i see on my end.
RICH

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