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General Mach Discussion / A axis preview won't rotate in realtime ????

« on: January 14, 2007, 07:23:56 AM »

I've noticed that A axis will not rotate in the preview window like it used to, it did rotate in realtime.
Now it only rotates at the end of a move.
So if I have....
G1 X100 A90
you can see X axis move along but A axis is stationary (DRO is moving though) until it finishes the move and then the preview jumps to A90
BTW this isn't on a machine yet I'm just making a screen.
I also tried the standard screen and it still did it, Is it a setting I've inadvertantly changed?

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Feature Requests / Parametric Programming

« on: December 19, 2006, 01:55:54 PM »

Any chance of being able to use IF, THEN, GOTO, DOWHILE etc etc?
Does anyone else have any uses for these or is it just me??

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General Mach Discussion / Is there an OEM code for CCW spindle?

« on: September 09, 2006, 07:30:09 PM »

I want to have both a button and an LED for CW and CCW, I just can't quite get them to work.

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General Mach Discussion / G100, G101 could somebody help me?

« on: July 10, 2006, 08:44:18 AM »

Hi guys, could someone explain how the G100 or G101 works?
My understanding is as follows: the G100/G101 is basically the controller that connects to all the drives, inputs & ouputs.
Then the computer (Mach3) connects only to the G100/G101, and sends signals only to the G100/G101.
Then the G100/G101 sends out the correct signals to the drives, or outputs. (I'm guessing it's basically another brain to speed things up)
I saw it mention that the G100/G101 has USB & an ethernet connection, so how does the Mach software communicate, I thought it only worked via the printer port.
My head hurts.................Please let me know if I'm WAY off........

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Mach Screens / VERY simple screen idea.....

« on: July 10, 2006, 08:13:02 AM »

Is it possible to have 1 program only on a screen set, for example let's say it was being used on a machine that always does the same function, like a cut off machine.
The only variable would be the material Ø.
Is it possible to have the program in the background so when I enter in the size and press start it will use this Ø in the hidden program?(see pic)

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Works in progress / Well i finally uploaded my 6 axis screen, was 5 axis.......

« on: July 10, 2006, 07:05:50 AM »

As you'll see I got lazy and didn't finish it all, most of it is done though, I'd like to make sure most of it works before I change some of the other pages around.
Let me know your thoughts or ideas and maybe I can implement them.
Im sure you are all aware to copy the folder into Mach3\Bitmaps and the 6 axis screen into \Mach3.

I made it 6 axis, because it's easier to remove a couple of axis than it is to add them.

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Mach Screens / Any version after 1.90.026 the screen won't auto enlarge both ways??

« on: May 28, 2006, 07:09:14 AM »

Any ideas, it fit's nicely from left to right but up and down it doesn't force it to the size of the screen?
I had to roll back to 1.90.026 and voila...............

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Mach Screens / How do I change the order of bitmaps?

« on: April 17, 2006, 06:24:45 AM »

Can I change the order of bitmaps that are on top of each other, e.g. if I have 3 bitmaps on top of each other, can I alter which one is at the front, and which one is at the back?
You can see from the attached pic as to why I want to achive this, currently I'm just inserting the top one 1st, middle one second and back one last.
But after I alter things and delete a bitmap, it becomes painful.
Thoughts?

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Works in progress / New 3 Axis and 5 axis Screen

« on: April 10, 2006, 03:24:53 AM »

Hi guys, here's a new 3 axis and a 5 axis screen I've been working on..........it's a modified version of PoppaBears 10's 5 axis screen.
Please let me know what you think..................only if you like it though............... just kidding!!
It's designed to be used at 1280x1024 res.