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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CV G64 and Exact Stop G61

« on: January 03, 2017, 04:55:31 AM »

Hi,
If you want to improve the CV result in 2.5D and 3D Engraving/Carving you must have the same acceleration in the X/Y/Z axis.
I had a different one for the Z axis.
When I and made them all the same, then a CV 100 settings on all 180 Angles became acceptable.
The spacing between lines is .02mm with a .01mm tip cutter being used.
Next I will try it on small lettering.
Regards,
Mauri

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CV G64 and Exact Stop G61

« on: January 02, 2017, 02:28:56 PM »

ger21,
Your right on Mach3, when it does dots they are spread apart and if you turn on lines they just join the same dot positions, so it does not represent the true accuracy of DV in Mach3.
I know that I get good results from Mach3 with 2.5D/3D and lines like tiny lettering.

With Mach4 if you blow up the image Toolpath and show it in 3D, you will see that it draws the line with on the G-Code line there is no jerky movement or jumps, so I feel sure it is a true representation.

Regards,
Mauri.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CV G64 and Exact Stop G61

« on: January 02, 2017, 06:08:08 AM »

Hi,
Remaining 2 JPG's CV 400 & 700.
Regards,
Mauri.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CV G64 and Exact Stop G61

« on: January 02, 2017, 06:05:28 AM »

Hi,
I apologize for any confusion and inaccuracies with my previous CV findings.
I have found that in a number of CV runs above, (in my mail) the CV was not applied correctly, hence a number were just the same or totally incorrect.
I found this out when I found some run times were the same when I made further tests.
To address this I decided to enter all my CV entries (180 angles) directly into the Machine.ini File.
The following JPG’s show finally, the correct display of each CV setting.
I ran CV 0,10,50,100,400,700 the G-Code has X/Y/Z in cutting mode all running at F400.
Each time the Machine.ini file was changes (CV Values) and Mach4 was run the CV table was checked to confirm that change.
The main reason for using CV is that we all do not have expensive HS Mills or Routers that have high tolerances and fast acceleration capabilities, so we require CV to reduce cutting time on long 2.5D and 3D runs and produce a suitable result.
Times for each run:
CV = 0 = 40:33.02mins best of all but not suitable for long machining runs as time would be excessive.
CV = 10 = 39.14.25mins very good but slow.
CV = 50 = 34:35.71mins not as good as 10 but could still be a reasonable cut.
CV = 100 = 29:48.70mins not suitable for fine carving/engraving 2.5D or 3D machining.
CV = 400 = 19:00.04mins very rough on angles.
CV = 700 = 19:04.07mins not sure why it took longer than CV=400 made no real difference as the max speed on X/Y/Z was F400.
Regards,
Mauri.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CV G64 and Exact Stop G61

« on: December 29, 2016, 02:22:37 PM »

Hi,
The remaining CV runs all angles at 100, 400 and 1000.
I will try next using Mach4 with the Controller in bench mode (no Mill) and see what it does.
Regards,
Mauri.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CV G64 and Exact Stop G61

« on: December 29, 2016, 02:17:54 PM »

Hi,
I have run some samples using CV and with the same 2.5D example on my previous mail related to Exact Stop.
In my previous runs although I had G61 set in the Configuration file, but I unfortunately had G64 in the code as I always used it in Mach3.
So I re-ran it and it does appear to be the same as CV 0. (see below)
The settings are all 180 angles at 0, 10, 50, 100, 400 & 1000.
The G-Code has X/Y at F400 and Z at F80 in simulation Mode with no Controller attached.
When you run it with all (180) angles at 1000 it seems to use 0 in the actual Mach4 program and Toolpath display.
Regards,
Mauri.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CV G64 and Exact Stop G61

« on: December 28, 2016, 09:28:10 PM »

Chaoticone,
Max files was 4 so here is the last one.
Tomorrow I will do some CV Tests.
Regards,
Mauri.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CV G64 and Exact Stop G61

« on: December 28, 2016, 09:26:40 PM »

Chaoticone,
Yes, I worked that one out.
A quick was to change the angle setting on all 180 is by editing the CV_Feedrate.mcs file.
--      grid:SetCellValue(i, 0, string.format("%.3f",feedrate))
      grid:SetCellValue(i, 0, string.format("%.3f",10.000))
This for example will make them all 10.000.

Below are some Exact Stop us a 2.5D G-Code file made by Rhino5/madCAM5 using a 30Deg included angle with a .05mm Radius tip Cutter.
4 Display below of Mach4.

I also did the same with Mach3 Exact Stop, however the line display only joins up the dots that it makes and these dots do not represent all of the toolpath hence it looks as if it does not follow the path.
However all the dots are on the Toolpath line.
1 Display below.

On Mach4 I do not know how the program display is written so I cannot also say if the lines are correctly representing the Toolpath.

Regards,
Mauri

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CV G64 and Exact Stop G61

« on: December 28, 2016, 05:04:26 PM »

Chaoticone,
Where does the CV feed rate by angle get stored once enter onto the CV Panel?
Is the any other quick way to set all 180 angles settings to say 10?
If the settings are Zero does that mean a complete stop at the end of an angle?
Regards,
Mauri.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CV G64 and Exact Stop G61

« on: December 28, 2016, 02:56:24 PM »

Chaoticone,
I use a metric setup. 25.4mm to 1"
Counts per unit = 800 in mm or if in inches = 20320
Velocity Units/Minute = 1000 in mm or if in inches = 39.37
Acceleration Units/Sec^2 = 150 in mm or if in inches = 5.905512
As cutting brass in dry mode (continual Air Blast to cool) it does not require fast velocity or acceleration.
Give some time to set one up and I will today.
Regards,
Mauri.