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General Mach Discussion / Capabilities of MACH3
« on: February 19, 2007, 12:03:33 PM »
Hi, I just purchased a small milling machine and all the hardware to convert it to CNC. I am using stepper motors and Gecko drives. MACH3 looks wonderful, I would just like to verify what it does.
Does it allow me to pull in 3D solid models and generate G-code?
Does it generate the step/direction output that is necessary for the Gecko drives? (if so, what is the interface to the host PC?)
Does it support such things as limit switches?
Is there a hardware interface manual that I can download and take a look at?
What exactly do the wizards do?
Thank you all in advance for your help. I am afraid I was a little overwhelmed by the amount of information on the website. If you could just point me in the right direction, that would be great.
Thanks,
Shayne
Does it allow me to pull in 3D solid models and generate G-code?
Does it generate the step/direction output that is necessary for the Gecko drives? (if so, what is the interface to the host PC?)
Does it support such things as limit switches?
Is there a hardware interface manual that I can download and take a look at?
What exactly do the wizards do?
Thank you all in advance for your help. I am afraid I was a little overwhelmed by the amount of information on the website. If you could just point me in the right direction, that would be great.
Thanks,
Shayne