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General Mach Discussion / Re: dxf files for Turn
« on: September 14, 2008, 11:52:30 PM »
RC,
Both the roughing and finishing tools are the same.
RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: dxf files for Turn
« on: September 14, 2008, 11:36:08 PM »
Here is the file.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: dxf files for Turn
« on: September 14, 2008, 11:27:53 PM »
Rc,
I just tried LAZCAM on another computer. ( man what a difference on a fast machine with lots of memory).I got the same error message. More than once. I didn't reboot, but changed the TOOL ANGLE to a value of 10 instead of .1 or .0001 and all was good. Then tried different  parameters and still had no problem.  Think the tool angle is the culprit. I tried the 10 value with a diamond and buttom shape seemed ok.
Need to tr it iin a more disciplined manner to really confirm.
RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: dxf files for Turn
« on: September 14, 2008, 11:00:36 PM »
.lcam ?? where, what , Do mean the file which is posted by lazcam into MACH?
If that is the case the first one with code errors is attached. All of the files are included and noted in the
THREEBALLS4TO4D.txt file posted

That error message must be catchy. Got it again. May be that the step and margin in the parameters can't be the same.
RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: dxf files for Turn
« on: September 14, 2008, 10:37:14 PM »
I just got that message also. Need to reboot. Back in about 5 minutes.
RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: dxf files for Turn
« on: September 14, 2008, 09:49:24 PM »
RC,
Reboot your pc. I have found if you continue when you get that message your going to the black hole. Even if you go out of lazycam and MACH and come back, go to some other program and it works, if you go back into MACH or Lazycam
your in for the message again. I tried it until I locked the PC up. Just reboot and start clean, but take a look at the tool and also parameter's when you go back in. One or a combination of them is the culprit.
RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: dxf files for Turn
« on: September 14, 2008, 09:40:15 PM »
RC,
Happy your foolin with the file, you fell into my spiders web. You just identified one of the frustrating parts.
So I was going to do some quick guide on inputs. I won't get into changing start point,
the layers and all the other side bar stuff. I am trying to keep things simple. 


My thinking on this goes like this:
I should be able to create a point tool but shouldn't have some value which would may cause dividing by  or allmost"o".

Why this one is hard, is that there is no way you can cut this with one tool unless it's a point. Thats why the
inside corners have that .004" radius curve between the balls. That curve must be large enough for a tool to be able
to get in there and cut it and also do rough cleanout cuts. So it could be a good drawing, clean and covert well, but now you got to put some thought into how it's going to be cut. With some profiles i would guess it may be easier to use / compose it out of the wizards. Most users will un-thinkingly just assume what's imported can be generated with no
thinking around the cutting. No program is that smart.
Let me know how it looks in MACH.
RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: dxf files for Turn
« on: September 14, 2008, 09:01:18 PM »
 After cleaning, select roughing tool, go to the bottom box and give a name to it , then select one of the numbered tool from the pulldown
click save. Select it, then when you go to the finishing tool use the pulldown and you should see the tool you just saved.

I said this would be fun!

Play around with the paramters some and see what lazcam shows.
Step: .050, .1, .20, .005
margin: use .1, then try decreasing it, like .010
Finish: .001, .002

I got the unrecoverable error to. In the tool window change the angle to something like .1 deg seems if it's to small things crash.

I don't care much about the tool parameters, to cut this handle ( small one anyway) you would need to use a "point tool ".
RICH 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Lazy cam problems
« on: September 14, 2008, 07:45:33 PM »
KNS,
How's the raster to vector conversion working out? Every one we ever tried wasn't worth doggy poop!
Even at the very high end, the big $ programs, they are poop also. In fact, I had one them famous vendors
present the product using one of his top talented people  to do something using their magic, they also watched at
the same time as one of my CAD persons drew it faster!
Let me know as I'm always open minded.
RICH
 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: dxf files for Turn
« on: September 14, 2008, 07:09:41 PM »
That's why code is attached. This way a novice can modify it for a close tolerance fit using one of the pulldowns, there's a choice of three different sizes depending on the pocketing technique you wish to use. Of course, you always have the option of removing some code should no extra in and out moves along the X & Z are required.
 ;D  ;D RICH

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