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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scaling

« on: June 08, 2006, 07:13:13 PM »

It is!!!(at x0,y0,that is).So I subtract that percentage and consider 1+ to be 100%(for instance length=1.2275";.003"=.24%,width=.8775" ; .003"=.34%... so xscale =99.76? y scale=99.66%?) Or have I lost my marbles completely?-Keith

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General Mach Discussion / Scaling

« on: June 08, 2006, 06:25:19 PM »

Hi,I've never used scaling in Maach3 and I'm a little burnt out at the moment so ; 1+scale is 100%.Let's say I want to shave .003" x and y on a rectangle with fillet'ed corners...I want it all down by that... so do I figure out the percentage that .003" is of one of the lengths of the rectangle and then subtract that from 100% and scale the scale number down accordingly?-Keith

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Reversing trajectory of .DXF conversion

« on: June 08, 2006, 12:15:15 PM »

Yes LCam is in Mach3 in the last few releases. Depending on how you save your .dxf(uh...and sometimes not depending on how you save it)sometimes a line can be dropped or the like in which case you'll get different approachs to the cut. Make sure your tolerances are correct when generating the g-code from the .dxf(compared to how you drew it) and also which version and the other parameters you choose when saving your .dxf in your CAD program and take a good long look at the display and g-code to make sure all is well. Otherwise the basic importing of a .dxf in Mach3 I find quite valuable.-Keith

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Reversing trajectory of .DXF conversion

« on: June 08, 2006, 10:16:49 AM »

Oh well. YEah I figured LCam did it but I've been wating to finish this long group of pieces before I finally get to LCam. Next week...next project.Thanks Brain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Reversing trajectory of .DXF conversion

« on: June 07, 2006, 07:42:12 PM »

Nope,plain ol' .dxf conversion in Mach3 file choice

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General Mach Discussion / Reversing trajectory of .DXF conversion

« on: June 07, 2006, 01:37:16 PM »

Hi,is there a simple way to reverse the direction of the cut that Mach3 chooses when it converts a .dxf to G-code(like for a clean up cut).Right now I go in and reverse the order by editing the G-code which is fine but a bit tedious.-Keith

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Need g-code help

« on: June 04, 2006, 09:48:32 PM »

Hi BB,have you an aversion to exporting your CAD files to .dxf files and putting that into MAch3? M3 does a really nice job most of the time importing a .dxf and generating the g-code. You can do the part in different layers and can selectively turn each layer in Mach3. Give it a try,sometimes for some complicated outlines it can be a real head scratching saver.-Keith

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jog continuous/incremental button

« on: May 26, 2006, 10:42:27 AM »

PS-I notice you have a 'zero' button(machine zero?right?). Is this a button already existing on one of the standards pages in Mach3? Have always been on the look out for that.-Keith

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jog continuous/incremental button

« on: May 26, 2006, 10:37:37 AM »

Awesome.Thanks Hood. Nice control panel.-Keith

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jog continuous/incremental button

« on: May 25, 2006, 10:46:18 PM »

Ok,I investigated initially with confidence and that dwindled quickly. Do you mean 'page 4' of 'ports and pins'? I saw 'hotkey assignment' in 'page 3' (not 4) but could not for the life of me find a 'jog mode' catagory.-Keith