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General Mach Discussion / Re: License question
« on: February 28, 2007, 11:39:34 AM »
Hi Bret,

Thank you for your response.  I appreciate the clarification.

Bob Segrest

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General Mach Discussion / License question
« on: February 28, 2007, 09:39:27 AM »
Hello one and all...

I purchased a Mach1 license some time ago and am quite pleased that it is still valid for Mach3.

I have Mach3 installed on two computers.  One computer runs my shoptask machine, the other is used for CAD/CAM work.  The latter system does not control any sort of machine, Mach3 is run in simulation mode so that I can preview, identify and debug problems without doing stupid things to my machine.

Having recently discove rd that an odd problem on my machine system was being caused because the Mach licence file hadn't been installed, I copied my license to the machine system.

Being a honest fellow and appreciating the value that ArtSoft provides, it occurs to me that I might need a second license.  Ration thought might argue that as I am only running one machine and I only use one system at a time maybe I don't...

I want to do the right thing.  Do I need to purchase a second license?

Bob Segrest

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another G-Code Loading Problem
« on: February 28, 2007, 09:28:10 AM »
Thank you Brian,

The lack of a properly installed license will surely do this.

Bob

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Another G-Code Loading Problem
« on: February 28, 2007, 09:05:48 AM »
Hello Brian,

Please forgive my ignorance in advance.....

Are you telling me that Mach3 doesn't support Arcs or that LazyCam some how left the Arcs out of my G-Code?

Why does the same G-Code file appear to load correctly in my Mach3 test environment and then NOT appear to load in the production Mach3 environment?

Shouldn't they both appear the same (good or bad)?

I appreciate your assistance in getting me through the knot holes...

Bob

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General Mach Discussion / Another G-Code Loading Problem
« on: February 28, 2007, 12:05:11 AM »
Greetings,

I am having some difficulty loading a complex G-Code file created from a line drawing using LazyCam.  It looks ok in Mach3 on my CAD/CAM system but fails to load correctly on my machine controller.  The attached pictures show what I am seeing on each of these systems.

I have checked the IJ Mode and it seems to be set correctly (at least changing it didn't make any difference).

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Bob Segrest

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G-Code not loading correctly?
« on: February 27, 2007, 11:38:06 PM »
OK,

I think I have it working...  I took a look at my CAD/CAM application and found that it can be configured to output either absolute or incremental coordinates.  I changed the setting to incremental and this seems to have resolved the problem.

Thank you for your help.  I don't think I would have figured this one out on my own...

Bob Segrest

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G-Code not loading correctly?
« on: February 27, 2007, 11:21:22 PM »
Ok,

I took a look and the IJ Mode is set to "Inc" on both systems.  Should it be set to Absolute?

If this is the problem, why would the loaded G-Code look different on the two systems?

Bob

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G-Code not loading correctly?
« on: February 27, 2007, 10:36:19 PM »
Ok, I'm game....

What is "IJ mode" and where do I look to see how it is set?

Bob

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General Mach Discussion / G-Code not loading correctly?
« on: February 27, 2007, 09:14:02 PM »
Hello Everyone,

I am running Mach3 on two machines.  On the machine where I do my CAD/CAM work I run Mach3 in simulation mode (without any device driver).  The second machine is my shoptask and is equipped with three stepper drives.

For the most part everything is working well.  But I am seeing an odd problem that I'm hoping someone can help me resolve.

I can work out a design in my CAD system, generate a G-Code file and it looks great when loaded into Mach3 on my CAD system.

But when I take the same G-Code file and load it on my shoptask machine, it looks all screwed up.  I thought at first it might be because I had only a minimal amount of memory in the latter machine, but it has been upgraded to a full 2 Gigs and the problem still exists.

In the two attached files you can see a screenshot on the CAD system, a screenshot on the machine system and a copy of the G-Code.

Any ideas?

Bob

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Text Engraving Wizard ?
« on: January 13, 2007, 11:43:29 PM »
Hello Everyone,

I found a post in the Mach1Mach2CNC group on Yahoo with the solution.

For those who follow...

You must select one of the direction buttons before clicking the Write button!

Bob   ::)

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