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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma Consumable Tracking
« on: November 01, 2012, 05:59:09 PM »
Yep that IS the main problem. I cannot find a way to keep the VB side in Sync with teh Gcode side in all cases. It all works here EVERY time from a button or the editor BUT I know what it does on other machines. It blows right by all the Gcode  stuff in one pass and does the last run.

I am truing to work out a solution even IF it is long winded to make it behave. ALL help welcome.

COme right up and take a shot at the autostackumup function. Earn your wizard badge in one session(;-)  Makes us look like dummies we don't care we are tuff. (;-)

(;-) TP

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Brains Development / Re: safety door interlock brain
« on: November 01, 2012, 04:36:13 PM »
I was going to ask IF you just needed an interlock so IF the door was open it would not run Gcode. (That is a MACH3 function) OR did you need it to LOCK and UNLOCK the door physically.

Brains take up little of MACH3 time slice.  You could have 100 brains running and not use as much time as 1 macro running in CB. 

Yes Brains can be cantankerous to make work somtimes as the logic is not always logical. (;-)

Just a thought, (;-)


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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma Consumable Tracking
« on: November 01, 2012, 04:26:04 PM »
Is it tuesday again?  dang time flies.

Auto scale is next. Here iuse it about 1 time a day to adjust a cut profile(artsy work) to fit a piece of material OR make the pruduct larger or smaller as needed. Customer want THAT art BUT it needs to be 24" wide and the file is for 18"wide.

Here is the button codes AND there is NO GCODE involved here(;-)


    'Macro M3004 Auto Scale Start buttom
Dim Size1 As Double
Dim Size2 As Double
Dim Scale As Double

Size1 = Question(" Current Size ? ")   'Asks for the current size   
Size2 = Question(" New Size ?")      'Asks for the NEW scaled size
While Ismoving()
Wend
Scale = (Size2/Size1)         'Calculates the scale factor
While Ismoving()
Wend

SetOemDro(59,Scale)         'Set the X axis scale factor
While Ismoving()
Wend
SetOemDro(60,Scale)         'Set the Y axis scale factor
While Ismoving()
Wend

DoOemButton(160)         'REGEN the toolpath display
While Ismoving()
Sleep(100)
Wend

End   


'*****************************************************
'Macro Button to reset scaling
SetOemDro(59,0)
SetOemDro(60,0)
End


3714
General Mach Discussion / Re: Copying the lock cutouts on an old shotgun.
« on: November 01, 2012, 04:17:37 PM »
Yes it would be easy to do. You have to learn to create the pocket  gcode  correctly and then learn to locate that pocket on the stock properly.

Then learn to create a fixture to hold it securely at the proper orientation.

Not overly hard but there is a learning curve to the full process.

NOW what you need to know is that it cannot cut a square inside sharp corner. So there MAY be some hand fitting involved for the finished product.

(;-) TP


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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma Consumable Tracking
« on: November 01, 2012, 11:28:40 AM »
I am afraid this is one of those lost causes for the masses. When you mix Gcode and CB together "sometimes" all you get is a mess. (;-).  I will think on this some more .

(;-) TP





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General Mach Discussion / Re: a simple MDI move not working??
« on: November 01, 2012, 10:55:58 AM »
Look on the main program screen upper right there is a MODE line that shows all the active modal values look for G90 for abs  and G91 for inc. They BOTH cannot be active at the same time.

From the MDI line just type in G91 then make your MOVE  G1 X10 F100 and it will be an inc move of 10.  WHen you are done make sure you switch it back to G90.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma Consumable Tracking
« on: November 01, 2012, 10:13:44 AM »
IF that did not work try it this way. Enclosed macro.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma Consumable Tracking
« on: November 01, 2012, 09:56:31 AM »
From one old DAWG to another it is RUFF,RUFF  to get going on a cold day.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Plasma Consumable Tracking
« on: November 01, 2012, 09:03:23 AM »
oK try this , It works here BUT then again so did the last version(;-) the idea is to make it work on your machine.


'Macro M3007 Auto Batch Load Horizonal
Dim fname As String
Dim Cuts As Single
Dim Xext As Double
Dim Yext As Double
Dim Test As String
Dim Cdown As Single
Sub Main()

Test = ("No File Loaded.")
Fname = FileName()
While Ismoving()
Wend
Message"" &Fname
While Ismoving()
Wend
If Fname = Test Then
MsgBox("No File Loaded, PLEASE LOAD FILE and RESTART")
 End
 End If
Cuts = Question("How Many Horizonal Parts UP TO 10 ?")
If Cuts >10 Or  Cuts <1 Then
MsgBox(" Number Out Of Range 1-10 Retry Again ")
 End

End If

Cdown = Cuts

SetUserDro(2002,Cdown)

Message" Parts to Go: "& Cdown

For x = 1 To Cuts
If x = 1 Then Goto N1
If x = 2 Then GoTo N1
If x = 3 Then GoTo N1
If x = 4 Then GoTo N1
If x = 5 Then GoTo N1
If x = 6 Then GoTo N1
If x = 7 Then GoTo N1
If x = 8 Then GoTo N1
If x = 9 Then GoTo N1
If x = 10 Then Goto N1


N1:

RunFile()

While Ismoving()
wend





Xext= GetOemDro(10)
While Ismoving()
Wend
Yext= GetOemDro(5)
While Ismoving()
Wend
Code" G0 Z1.00"
While IsMoving()
Wend
Code"X" & (Xext + .250)
While Ismoving()
Wend
Code"Y"& Yext
While IsMoving()
Wend
DoButton(8)
While Ismoving()
Wend
DoButton(9)
While Ismoving()
Wend

Cdown=(Cdown-1)

SetUserDro(2002,Cdown)
While Ismoving()
Wend

Next x

Message("End Of Batch Load")

end sub
End

 
(;-) TP

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Glad you got it figured out

(;-) TP

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