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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: edwardian script itc

« on: July 25, 2013, 03:23:48 PM »

Do you mean font?

If you have a font file in the correct format then you can simply place it in the Fonts folder and use it. There are several fonts on the StickFonts web site and there is an editor to create your own fonts. See http://ncplot.com/stickfont/stickfont.htm Note some of the fonts are free, as is a simple program to generate gcode. The font editor is not free.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Tool Path Still Not Displaying

« on: July 25, 2013, 03:19:41 PM »

The program is supposed to test for things like feedrate of zero and throw a message box with an error.

Please post a job file here with this problem so I can see whats happening.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Tool Path Still Not Displaying

« on: July 24, 2013, 06:06:25 PM »

I follow this forum several times every day, and I have responded to every problem report. We do not release a new version for every problem, but do release one when we have enough new features to warrant it.

I assure you that the toolpath display works correctly in many hundred test cases and now for many users. Please provide me with a job file that demonstrates your problem and I will determine what is causing the problem. If it points to a bug in the code it will be fixed promptly.

If you feel you have been ripped off contact Scott at license@machsupport.com and he will refund your money.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Tool Path Still Not Displaying

« on: July 22, 2013, 09:22:30 AM »

If teh tool path doesn't display its a sign the gcode has an error that stops parsing the code.

Please post a job file here that has the error so I can see whats happening.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Machine limits and Z Ramp

« on: July 15, 2013, 07:47:05 PM »

The wizards Machine max values should be set to the max speed you want the wizard to use. When a feed rate, or RPM is calculated it will be tested against this value, and limited to the machine max.

The code does not test the units of the machine max values. Of course, RPM doesnt matter, but Feed and Plunge are simply tested for the calculated value to be less than the max value, ignoring units. So if all your work is in metric, make your machine max values metric.

If you mix units this is going to cause some strange results.

Zstep specifies the amount the tool will move down for each pass, when the job cannot reach full depth in one pass- for example, if you want a pocket 1 inch deep you might set Zstep to be .1 inch, so it will take 10 passes to complete the job.

ramp refers to how the tool makes its move from one pass to the next- in the example of the .1" step if a ramp value is set the tool will ramp down the .1 inch move moving along the direction of the first cut, or following a helix down at that angle in pocket cuts. A plunge cut will push the tool straight down in Z with no X or Y movement. Plunge is usually hard on tools and machines, ramping into a cut is much smoother.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Tracing function

« on: July 14, 2013, 07:38:46 PM »

The tracing will have to be integrated into Mach4. This wizard is a standalone program that can be run on any PC, without Mach.

We are looking at a lot of additional ops, and several pocketing routines are on the list. This all takes time, and I am very much a part time (retired) guy. Brian has to jump in on a lot of the more complicated stuff, and I dont want to distract him from Mach4.

In time lots will be added to this wizard, and soon we will be working on some wizards in LUA and the new mach screen designer. All it takes is time, we have no shortage of ideas.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Engraving with gcode text from stickfont.2.12 bugs?

« on: July 12, 2013, 10:03:16 PM »

post the job file here and I will see what I can find.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Engraving with gcode text from stickfont.2.12 bugs?

« on: July 08, 2013, 07:33:09 AM »

The Mill Wizard does not offer a choice for IJ mode- it is always relative (also called incremental) IJ. I am not surprised that stickFont would not offer a setting, not all software does.

Mach will do either mode, the choice can be set in the Config->General page. The mode can also be set by using G90.1 or G91.1

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Engraving with gcode text from stickfont.2.12 bugs?

« on: July 07, 2013, 10:37:01 PM »

No, there are 2 similar values- G90/91 refer to the coordinates of X and Y moves. The big circles are caused by the I,J coordinates of the G2,G3 commands.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Engraving with gcode text from stickfont.2.12 bugs?

« on: July 07, 2013, 09:48:10 PM »

The big circle travels is an indication you have the IJ mode set differently  in StickFont and Mach. The wizards are based on IJ in Relative mode, not absolute.
You select the IJ mode in the Config->General page.

either mode is correct, but the mode used must be the same in the code generation and the running.  I do not know how to change the mode for StickFont.