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General Mach Discussion / Problem with Error Involving Arcs
« on: March 23, 2011, 12:28:07 AM »
Hello.
I keep getting errors in the arc lines that my CAM software spits out and I'm not sure how to fix the post processor or Mach itself to get them to work.
Here are the details:
CAM software is RhinoCAM using Mach3-Inch.spm post processor
In the circle tab I have the following options
Output Format
-I,J,K and Radius
-I,J,K only <-----------this one is selected
-Radius only
Arc Center (I,J,K)
-Absolute <----------------this one is selected
-Vector from Center to Start
-Vector from Start to Center
-Unsigned Vector from Start to Center
Here is the circle block format:
[CIR_PLANE]
[G_CODE][NEXT_X][NEXT_Y][NEXT_Z][NEXT_I][NEXT_J]
RhinoCAM also has the following options that can be checked:
-Output arcs as linear segments <-------------I have this one unchecked but I'm not sure what I should do with the other two.
-Output spiral motions as linear segments
-Output helix motions as linear segments
Now in Mach I tried both absolute and incremental but I keep getting these two errors:
In IJ mode Absolute I get this error:
Zero radius arcLine 140
140:G03X-1.1733Y0.5598I-0.8561J0.9783
In IJ mode Incremetal I get this error:
Radius to end of arc differs from radius to startLine 942
942:G02X1.6663Y0.4917I0.3265J0.4175
These are just the first ones to pop up in reality almost every arc line gets an error.
Sorry can someone help me get this straightened out?
I would much rather cut arcs than line segments.
I keep getting errors in the arc lines that my CAM software spits out and I'm not sure how to fix the post processor or Mach itself to get them to work.
Here are the details:
CAM software is RhinoCAM using Mach3-Inch.spm post processor
In the circle tab I have the following options
Output Format
-I,J,K and Radius
-I,J,K only <-----------this one is selected
-Radius only
Arc Center (I,J,K)
-Absolute <----------------this one is selected
-Vector from Center to Start
-Vector from Start to Center
-Unsigned Vector from Start to Center
Here is the circle block format:
[CIR_PLANE]
[G_CODE][NEXT_X][NEXT_Y][NEXT_Z][NEXT_I][NEXT_J]
RhinoCAM also has the following options that can be checked:
-Output arcs as linear segments <-------------I have this one unchecked but I'm not sure what I should do with the other two.
-Output spiral motions as linear segments
-Output helix motions as linear segments
Now in Mach I tried both absolute and incremental but I keep getting these two errors:
In IJ mode Absolute I get this error:
Zero radius arcLine 140
140:G03X-1.1733Y0.5598I-0.8561J0.9783
In IJ mode Incremetal I get this error:
Radius to end of arc differs from radius to startLine 942
942:G02X1.6663Y0.4917I0.3265J0.4175
These are just the first ones to pop up in reality almost every arc line gets an error.
Sorry can someone help me get this straightened out?
I would much rather cut arcs than line segments.