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General Mach Discussion / Re: Where are work offsets saved?

« on: March 24, 2006, 01:07:54 AM »

AHA!!  Now I get it.  Clever!  Thanks!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Where are work offsets saved?

« on: March 23, 2006, 11:06:25 PM »

Hey Miljnor-  can you possibly post an example of what you mean by use G54, G55 for all coordinates.  Do you mean somehow write the offsets into your code?  I'm sorry if this si a stupid question- just trying to learn as much as I can as fast as possible!  Thanks!

Sid

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General Mach Discussion / Re: murphy and his law

« on: March 23, 2006, 04:10:21 PM »

AMEN!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Trying to learn/understand Feed Rate (F command)!

« on: March 23, 2006, 02:20:38 PM »

Yes, That Helps!  Thanks Graham!

For the most part that is kinda what I thought and what I am doing.

Any ideas why some of the F commands are being ignored?

Sid

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Where are work offsets saved?

« on: March 23, 2006, 12:52:30 PM »

Thanks Dude!   

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General Mach Discussion / Trying to learn/understand Feed Rate (F command)!

« on: March 23, 2006, 12:01:51 PM »

I would like to be able to adjust the feed rate throught the duration of a cut.  I have been playing around with some of the sample G-Code files included with Mach3 and attemtping to adjust the Feed rates and I have noticed that sometimes the feed rate changes and sometimes the command is just ignored.

I am under the impression (perhaps incorrectly) that F command can be used with G1 & G3 and NOT G0.  Is this true?
 
Is there a specific protocol/syntax for using the F command? 

Does the F command need to precede or follow the X, Y Z commands (my guess answer to this is that it SHOULD work in either position but WHEN the FRO takes place will differ depending on the placement of the F command-right?).

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Where are work offsets saved?

« on: March 23, 2006, 11:49:39 AM »

JF- Thanks for the reply! 

I do have home switches and I have had to re-reference to home and re-enter my offsets when the offsets get "lost" (after the 1st couple of times of losing them, I have taken to keeping a notepad next to the computer and physically writing them down in case they are lost). 

When I quit the programs, it does ask me to "save fixture" (which I think is a weird way to ask since the program calls it an offset but, whatever I understand-I think, what it means) and I always say yes.  Sometimes my offsets reappear on the next load of the program, sometimes they don't.

I suspect there exists some kind of an .ini file somewhere in the Mach3 folder but, to be honest, I haven't looked- I just posted the question hoping to get Brian or Art to point me in the right direction.  So far, I'm still in the Bermuda Triangle.

Brian- Maybe my last post wasn't clear- should both of those options/boxes be checked? Would an upgrade to Ver 1.9 help?  Thanks for the reply!

Sid

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Where are work offsets saved?

« on: March 21, 2006, 04:16:52 PM »

Optional offset save is checked and so is persistant offsets.

Thanks Brian!

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General Mach Discussion / Where are work offsets saved?

« on: March 21, 2006, 03:11:10 PM »

I know it's not in the G-code file, but where?  Sometimes my offsets are available when I reload the program and sometimes they just evaporate and I have to recreate them.  Where do they go?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jogging with a Joystick

« on: March 16, 2006, 07:41:09 PM »

Bump-  I know this is a trivial thing but it would be nice to have for me (& I hope others too!)

Thanks,

Sid