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Share Your GCode / Re: need help please...
« on: September 19, 2014, 10:34:38 AM »
Try it like this :-

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#100 = 3.0       (radius van je frees)
#101 = 8.5       (radius van je bol)
#102 = 1.0       (laagdikte in graden. De hele bol is 180 graden, dus 1.0 geeft 180 laagjes)

G21 G90 G64 G17 G91.1
S8000M3
F1000.0

#103 = 1.0
#104 = [180/#102]
M98 P1 L#104
M30

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#200 = [[#101 - #100] * SIN[#103]]
#201 = [[#101 - #100] * COS[#103]]
G0 X0 Y0 Z[#201]
G2 X[#200] I[#200 * 0.5]   (lead-in)
G2 I[#200 * -1.0] J0      (maak een circeltje)
G2 X0 I[#200 * -0.5]      (lead-out)
#103 = [#103 + #102]
M99
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Graham

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: New to using a probe please need help
« on: September 18, 2014, 04:37:26 AM »
what is created is a point cloud, you need to load it into something like rhinoceros CAM ( http://www.rhino3d.com/download ) to convert the points into a solid model.

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G43 enables you offsets, in this program H6 and D36 H6 is the height and D36 is the diameter offset of the tool.


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You could write the code into a M code macro and call it from mdi, putting the code into a button can be very dangerous unless al the right checks are included.  This it the format the code needs for a macro :-

Code ("G92 Z0.0")
Code ("G31 Z-0.5 F1")
Code ("G92 Z0.059")
Code ("G0 Z1.0")

Save this as M2222.m1s in the macros folder of your current profile and call it with m2222 in mdi

It may need fine tuning.


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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports
« on: May 21, 2014, 09:30:59 PM »
Highlight only works on .TAP files


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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports
« on: May 11, 2014, 04:13:23 PM »
Hi Terry,

just check the M6.mcs M6end.mcs and M3.mcs as the last update had some test code in them that should not have been sent out.  If there is any g-code lines in there delete it.


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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports
« on: May 11, 2014, 04:10:43 PM »
When running Mach 4 mill using G95 (which I often do in Mach 3) it does not display in cuts per rev, is there a simple way round this?

There is but you need spindle feed back and Simulation in Mach4 has not got this, if you look at the YouTube video Brian and I did over Christmas that show CSS being tested, this was using G95 with G96.


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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports
« on: May 11, 2014, 04:03:27 PM »
Terry,

the line repeat word (Lnn) is only active in subs, macros and canned cycles at the moment, it is on the list of to do's.

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when you purchased your PC did you expect Microsoft to be sending you OS fixes every other day as they sold you a faulty piece of software.  NO, and you paid for that, this has cost you nothing and you have the option of using something other than Mach3 to control your machine.

By the way comp works just fine if you only use 1 sub and obey the lead in/out rules.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports
« on: May 10, 2014, 05:53:49 AM »
Just try this and see what results you all get, what I get is very random.