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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Re: Using cursors

« on: June 30, 2011, 04:42:44 PM »

You can assign hotkeys to them, which can get you started at least.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Newbie tool change help

« on: June 29, 2011, 05:50:02 PM »

I've never done it manually, so I don't know for sure the answer to your questions.

Mach does have a button to remember your position, and another to return. Depending on how your code is written, it may be able to just pick up where it left off.

But, I have a much better method.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJNUcsJ6BC8

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Touch probe to Point Cloud

« on: June 28, 2011, 11:45:24 AM »

What about the digitize wizard?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G-Code Help!!!

« on: June 27, 2011, 10:22:38 PM »

I believe that L is the hole quantity, and you have L=0.
Either set L to 1. or remove the L completely.

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FAQs / Re: Homing and <goto zero> issues

« on: June 27, 2011, 10:16:22 PM »

This is gold.  Thank you.
I remember somewher that <ref all home> will only work if there are home/limit switches on all axes.  Is this true?

No. If you don't have home switches, then "ref all" will zero machine coordinates at their current location.

I have tried the <ref> buttons on the diagnostics page.  The Y works fine, but the X results in a horrible grinding that I put down to the 2nd (slaved) X motor turning in the wrong direction.  Is it possible for jogging and cutting to work OK, but not <ref>?

If you don't have home switches installed, than no axis should be moving. Again, can you post your .xml file?

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FAQs / Re: Homing and <goto zero> issues

« on: June 26, 2011, 06:50:34 AM »

Sounds like you don't have any home switches setup? Or do you?

1) you "Home" the machine with the Ref All button, not by zeroing the machine while in Machine Coordinates. Even though you are in machine coordinates, you're actually zeroing the current offset, as you can't zero an axis in machine coordinates other than the "Ref" buttons.

3) GoTo Zero should be taking you right back to where you set your zero position. Debounce has nothing to do with goto zero.

Can you post your .xml file?

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Works in progress / Re: Mach3 2010

« on: June 26, 2011, 06:42:34 AM »

Yes, and that input pin is assigned to the Probe input in Ports and Pins.

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Works in progress / Re: Mach3 2010

« on: June 25, 2011, 05:50:33 PM »

Is there a way I can turn on or modify images so that the icons show what they are when I hover the mouse over them?

Not in a standard screen. You can if you create a Flash screen, but that's a whole nuther ballgame, with a steep learning curve.

All supported G and M codes are in the manual, as you suspected.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Loading a big file

« on: June 25, 2011, 11:34:34 AM »

Turn off the toolpath display.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Are people getting emails sent to them of resopnces they made in a post ?

« on: June 24, 2011, 10:08:45 PM »

Hi Im shane
and no i had two replys to my introducing my self and got no email or any other kind of notification of them.  Come to think of it it would be nice....
Shane

This is the only post you have here.