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General Mach Discussion / Re: True 4 axis milling

« on: July 20, 2010, 12:19:20 AM »

To do what you want to do it takes 5 axis not 4 (;-)

4th axis work is basically 3 axis WORK as IF you move the spindle OFFcenterline of the rotary then your cutting is offset from the rotary axis  and difficult to do and mostly NOT neccesary as you will get the same results from just the 3

Just a thought,(;-)

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: How to get the current subroutine file name?

« on: July 19, 2010, 09:49:03 PM »

That is a really good idea YA-NVR. It just needs alittle more work.

Perhaps  use teh question as a front end to load the filenames on the fly

Fname1= Question"File1 name?"
etc
etc

Next how are you going to deal with the fixture offsets between files?

Maybe another question session?

File1OFFSET = Question"FIle1 Fixture#?"


NOTE: You also need to plan on a way to break OUT of the routine in the event you need to STOP IT. I just tried and it was NOT pretty Crashed mach to get out.


Make a screen button to start the process.  VERY GOOD idea. (;-)

 I think there is a spot available over in the MACH Tool Box for a good AUTO BATCH LOADER (;-)

Might want to start a new thread to continue

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: How to get the current subroutine file name?

« on: July 19, 2010, 09:18:23 PM »

Thanks Dave I will give it a spin,(;-)

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: How to get the current subroutine file name?

« on: July 19, 2010, 08:34:29 PM »

Jason, I looked back through some old trouble notes, try this

Loadrun"C:\mach3\Gcode\Filename.tap"
While Isloading()
Sleep(1000)
Wend

IT seems that mach tries to hop out of VB before the fileload is complete.

Just a thought

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: How to get the current subroutine file name?

« on: July 19, 2010, 08:22:57 PM »

Sometimes it runs sometimes it does not run. IF it freezes it is during the REGEN on load.

6526

Galil / Mesa card plugin

« on: July 18, 2010, 09:06:22 PM »

STEVE any word on the status of the Mesa card plugin?

6527

VB and the development of wizards / Re: How to get the current subroutine file name?

« on: July 18, 2010, 07:23:56 PM »

Might want to download the manuals(;-)

loadrun("c:\mach3\gcode\roadrunner.tap")

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: How to get the current subroutine file name?

« on: July 18, 2010, 06:10:06 PM »

I think the best approach would be sub calls, Just remember to add the M99 to the end of the file and REMOVE or deactivate any M30's

(tonights run)
M98 "File1"
M98 "File2"
M98 "File3"
etc
etc
etc
m30
%

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: How to get the current subroutine file name?

« on: July 18, 2010, 05:27:01 PM »

YEP it works here. I would not have said anything IF I had not tried it to be sure(;-). Too many things change when you are not looking.

Your lights out approach is not new. You can build a  macro with a param call to load the next program based on the param call, then CYcle start the new program.

Just do not end with a M30 but end with the Callingmacro  say    M549 P Nextprogram. Then instead of ending the program the macro can take control then close the current file , load the param called new file and cycle start the machine to run. Then add the macro call to the end of that file and on and on all night long .

Just a thought,(;-)

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: How to get the current subroutine file name?

« on: July 18, 2010, 03:58:19 PM »

Not to worry, I just checked Art fixed the old problem. Mach will not let you rename the current loaded file(;-)