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Share Your GCode / Re: NEED A LOGO CUTOUT AND ENGRAVING

« on: October 08, 2018, 01:18:28 PM »

For some simple  logos, as the two above, it is much faster to redesign them in Corel Draw, using the bitmap as template.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Permanent parking tool location

« on: October 08, 2018, 01:13:23 PM »

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Dim xparkcoord, yparkcoord, Zretract  

'//////// Reads values from user DROs

xparkcoord = GetUserDRO(1105)'get current park coordinate for X
yparkcoord = GetUserDRO(1106)'get current park coordinate for Y
Zretract = GetUserDRO(1202) 'get Z DRO from settings screen tool change position

'//////// Retracts spindle first and moves to parked location

Code "G53 Z" & Zretract  'Z retracts
While IsMoving()
Wend
sleep(1000) 'pause 1 seconds
Code "G53 X" & xparkcoord & " Y" & yparkcoord 'spindle travels to parked position
While IsMoving()
Wend
                
Code "(Spindle is in Parked Position)" 'puts this message in the status bar
You can place 2 DROs somewhere on a screen that you dont use often, save the above code to a macro and place it in Macros folder under some name, and finally tweak post processor and insert your macro just before M30.
I have this code assigned to a button on main screen with accompanying DROs.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Help with STEPS PER UNIT CALCULATOR

« on: October 05, 2018, 03:57:25 PM »

Ok so your 400 steps per is correct (MotorFullStepsPerRev / ScrewPitch) * Microstep gives (200 / 4) * 8 = 50 * 8 = 400

Explain your "verify" commands, please.

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: Help with STEPS PER UNIT CALCULATOR

« on: October 04, 2018, 04:10:30 PM »

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General Mach Discussion / Re: I just want to start machining, darn-it!

« on: October 04, 2018, 02:06:29 PM »

Ask seller to help you.
You know, this is hot a chineese machine support forum.
And, BTW, you have to learn chinglish

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General Mach Discussion / Re: has anyone used this paralel port board ?

« on: October 04, 2018, 02:01:45 PM »

Yes you can use it. Everything works.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Excellon to GCode converter - Protel

« on: September 30, 2018, 10:59:08 AM »

Well, you like to make PCB's, the way that I do not like
I prefer chemistry and graphical film.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Excellon to GCode converter - Protel

« on: September 30, 2018, 07:10:59 AM »

Since I'm using Protel for all my PCB design (from DOS versions up to 99SE) I needed a way to extract coordinates of pads for drilling to be able to drill my boards on small CNC router.
First versions were written in Quick Basic, but nowadays these programs do not work under 64-bit OS-es.
So, I rolled up the sleeves and wrote this one (links attached).

For converter to generate correct G-Code files, you have to follow following:
Excellon files must be in format - imperial 2:3 or metric 3:2 WITHOUT zero suppression (leading or trailing)

http://zastos.com/ConverterSetupC.exe - Creates folders C:\ProtelConverter and C:\ProtelConverter\Converted
http://zastos.com/ConverterSetupD.exe - Creates folders D:\ProtelConverter and D:\ProtelConverter\Converted

Output files are named Drillxx.tap and number of files depends on number of drills defined in Excellon file, and are located in ..\Converted subfolder

Converter maintains its own .ini file where relevant parameters are read from / saved to.

If anybody finds any nuances, let me know.

Of course, Converter is free for any kind of use.

Regards,
ZASto

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MACH TOOL BOX / Excellon to G-Code converter

« on: September 22, 2018, 08:11:32 AM »

Since I'm using Protel for all my PCB design (from DOS versions up to 99SE) I needed a way to extract coordinates of pads for drilling to be able to drill my boards on small CNC router.
First versions were written in Quick Basic, but nowadays these programs do not work under 64-bit OS-es.
So, I rolled up the sleeves and wrote this one (links attached).

For converter to generate correct G-Code files, you have to follow following:
Excellon files must be in format - imperial 2:3 or metric 3:2 WITHOUT zero suppression (leading or trailing)

http://zastos.com/ConverterSetupC.exe - Creates folders C:\ProtelConverter and C:\ProtelConverter\Converted
http://zastos.com/ConverterSetupD.exe - Creates folders D:\ProtelConverter and D:\ProtelConverter\Converted

Output files are named Drillxx.tap and number of files depends on number of drills defined in Excellon file, and are located in ..\Converted subfolder

Converter maintains its own .ini file where relevant parameters are read from / saved to.

If anybody finds any nuances, let me know.

Of course, Converter is free for any kind of use.

Regards,
ZASto

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General Mach Discussion / Re: no movement on display

« on: September 10, 2018, 10:11:28 AM »

Have you enabled your motors in Ports & Pins?