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General Mach Discussion / Re: max lines of code

« on: August 28, 2010, 08:12:09 PM »

Hope I haven't messed up this thread.  I can not see anything but a solid blank screen on page 2 for some reason. Strange ?

Regards,
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: max lines of code

« on: August 28, 2010, 07:27:41 PM »

OK, trying to post a picture again - don't know what happened other two tries.

This is a smaller litho I did recently.
Regards,
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: max lines of code

« on: August 28, 2010, 06:59:59 PM »

I typically cut 600,000 lines (+ - a few) engraving lithophanes.  Never a problem with Mach3 burping.
Regards,
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Raising my Z axis.

« on: August 17, 2010, 10:32:54 PM »

Dan,
In Cut 2D, on the Toolpaths tab, select 'setup material' icon and enter a distance for 'Rapid clearance gap'.

This will set your gcode to raise the Z axis between moves as you are asking.

Regards,
John Champlain

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: New Version 2.3.3 XBox360 Controller plugin available

« on: July 04, 2010, 10:37:31 PM »

Thanks Jerry, great idea.  Appreciate your sharing.
Regards,
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Where do you live ?

« on: July 02, 2010, 09:22:46 PM »

Bradenton, Florida AND Floral City, Florida (weekends)

Regards All,
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3, wierd infinite feed rate problem

« on: June 28, 2010, 10:42:58 AM »

Greg,

I now have a better understanding of what you have discovered.   It probably is a program bug, but, regardless, it should be impossible.  I was able to observe it in a dry run (router off) at a very slow feed rate.  It is indeed scary, and may help to explain a few of the strange (but rare) behaviors that I have experienced with some of my older gcode routines that I switched from a DOS driver to Mach3.

Perhaps Art or Brian will pick up on this thread and work to help resolve, or at least explain, this issue.

Thank You,
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3, wierd infinite feed rate problem

« on: June 27, 2010, 10:34:14 PM »

I may be way off base here, but are you missing a Z move in this line?

G03 X-9.8916 Y-.835 I-9.9155 J-.8588

Then in next line it has to make a straight z move down to get to correct position for start of second half of helix.

Am I full of it?

Seems to me it is doing a flat arc here, not half a helix.

John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma , new macro code

« on: June 25, 2010, 01:50:47 PM »

Thanks Dave,
Any clue as to why it won't work from a button for you?  It works both ways for me (editor and button) using Version R3.042.035.

Regards,
John Champlain

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma , new macro code

« on: June 24, 2010, 11:23:48 PM »

Code revised from suggestions.  I would appreciate someone testing and giving opinion.

Thanks,
John Champlain

'Code to test gcode travel limits
'John Champlain - June 20, 2010
'
' Save current XYZ positions
CurrX = GetDRO(0)
CurrY = GetDRO(1)
CurrZ = GetDRO(2)
CurrFeed = GetOemDRO(818)
SafeZ = GetOEMDRO(54)
'
'
Dim Msg, Num ' Declare variables.
Title$ = "Check Extents"
Prompt$ = "Enter Feedrate for Test"
Default$ = ""
x% = 75
Y%  =200

Message "Please Wait While Regenerating"
DoOemButton(160)   'Regen ToolPath
While isLoading()
 
Wend
Message ""
Num$ = InputBox(Prompt$, Title$, Default$,X%,Y%) ' Get user input.
'
' Get gcode travel limits
XMin = GetOEMDRO (4)
XMax = GetOEMDRO(10)
YMin = GetOEMDRO(5)
YMax = GetOEMDRO(11)
' Test travel limits
' Move one axis at a time
'
Code "F" & num ' set feedrate
'
'
Code "G1 Z" & SafeZ 'move Z to safe height
While IsMoving ()
Wend
Code "G1 X" & XMin & "Y" & YMin 'move to minimum XY position
While IsMoving ()
Wend
Code "G1 Y" & YMax 'move to maximum Y position
While IsMoving ()
Wend
Code "G1 X" & XMax 'move to maximum X position
While IsMoving ()
Wend
Code "G1 Y" & YMin 'move to minimum Y position
While IsMoving ()
Wend
Code "G1 X" & XMin 'move to minimum X position
While IsMoving ()
Wend
'
' Reset to original settings
Code "G1 X" & CurrX & "Y" & CurrY 'reset X
While IsMoving ()
Wend
Code "G1 Z" & CurrZ 'reset Z
While IsMoving ()
Wend
Code "F" & CurrFeed

DoOEMButton(1002) 'Rewind code

Message "TEST COMPLETE"
Sleep 5000
Message ""