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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NFS Turn Wizard

« on: November 09, 2011, 02:41:51 PM »

I loaded the Turn Wizard on my system.  When I tried to run the machine I get an message saying I can't run in demo mode.  Did I misread your post saying it would work but I couldn't save the file?  Thanks.
George

The opening screen will say its in Demo mode, but you can use it, just select one of the buttons, probably File to starrt

Note I have updated to V0.03, see the first topic in this thread

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NFS Turn Wizard

« on: November 09, 2011, 10:36:10 AM »

Cant seem to get the face to post in the file.

Damn, thats a real bug. When I removed the  #Expand stuff so this would be version independent I lost the actual code for doing the face. I dont see how I missed this in my testing, and I made several tests with face.

I have fixed the code, I will wait a few days to see if there are more bugs before I release a new version.

For now Facing operations dont work.

I can add the coolant and spindle direction to the tool page. I want to keep the tool page as it is, I see a tool change as a basic operation. It feels natural to associate things like feed rate, rotation direction, coolant to the tool. That will then apply to all following operations until you select a new tool.

I will get M3 and M7, M8 on the tool page for the next release.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NFS Turn Wizard

« on: November 09, 2011, 10:03:51 AM »

Hi Ron, looks real nice.
Will you be adding different feeds and depths of cut for roughing and finish cuts ?

Thanks,
Russ

I want to keep the screens simple, so I didnt add rough and finish cuts. You could do that by just specifying 2 operations, the first to stop short of the final dimension, the second to be the finish cut.

However, I associated feed with the tool, so to change the feed you would need to do another tool operation.

I may have to re-think that. Ill listen to some more feedback and decide what to do.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NFS Turn Wizard

« on: November 09, 2011, 07:21:38 AM »

What version of Mach should one be using with the wizard?
 RICH

I think it should work with just about any version. I originally used some of the new scripting features, like #Expand, but I took all that out just do I wouldnt be version dependent. It makes support a bit harder, but gets out of the version problem.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / NFS Turn Wizard

« on: November 08, 2011, 05:56:15 PM »

I am pleased to announce the Newfangled Solutions NFS Turn package.

NFS turn is a conversational or interactive package. Its aimed at the toolroom kind of lathe work- making things like bolts, bushings, shafts, etc. You choose from a menu of common lathe operations, like turn, face, thread, chamfer, drill,  bore, etc. Each operation presents a simple screen where you fill in the blanks for the operation you want.

A unique feature of NFS turn is the ability to do an immediate operation. When you have filled in the blanks, you have two buttons- "Do IT" and "Add to File". The Do It button will immediately run the operation. Add to File will let you build a complex part composed of many operations.

There is a Youtube video of this wizard at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiuQ9dKVzBM

NFS turn operates under the same license as the Mill Addons, so if you already have an NFS license you are good to go. If not see the links above to purchase a license. NFS turn will work in demo mode, but it wont save a file.

To use NFS turn download the zip file, and unzip it into C:\Mach3\Turnaddons

Please post any bugs or questions to this topic of the forum. I also read the Mach Yahpoo group, but I prefer to keep bug issues here on the forum.

EDIT: changed spelling of the title for you Ron

Latest Version
Version 0.08 is now attached.
 
Added a pitch entry on OD Thread for metric users. Both TPI and pitch fields are on the screen- one of them must be 0 (zero)
The threads.txt file no needs a pitch field as the final entry. If you have made a custom threaads.txt file simply add a ',0' to the end
of each line.

Sorry I had to break the thread file, but now it can work for both inch and metric threads

Remember when you unzip the folder the wizard must wind up in Turnaddosn\NFSturn without the version  number

If you have modified your thread table be sure to save it before unziping or you will overwrite your changes

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NEWFANGLED SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE - LATEST VERSION

« on: November 08, 2011, 04:43:08 PM »

Thanks for the compliments on the improvements. I have tried to make it a better wizard.

You are right on the feed. I looked at the code quickly and see that in a couple of the conditions it adds a Feed to the first G01 move, but it never adds one to the G2 or G3.

Its going to be a problem to fix in a neat way, because all the G2 or 3 moves are inside a loop and if I add Feed it will be added to every G2 or G3 line. There  is nothing wrong with that, it just makes the code look ugly.

I am just finishing a major project in a set of Turn wizards. I'm sure after I release that I'll get a few bugs to track down. But I will get to the thread problem as soon as I can.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: spindle did not run

« on: October 17, 2011, 08:12:10 AM »

The first topic in this forum always has the latest version. There are some instructions there on how to load them.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: spindle did not run

« on: October 16, 2011, 10:06:45 PM »

This is one of those problems that is a feature, not a bug.

remember, one feature of the Newfangled suite is that you can string together several procedures into one big gcode file. If you are doing that, you would not want a spindle on command and tool change in each process. So the wizard looks to see if this operation is using the same tool as the last one, if so it does not include the spindle code.

Thats nice, but if its the first operation, and the tool is tool 0 (zero) then the program gets confused and doesn't turn on the spindle. I fixed this by setting the current tool variable to -1 in the init.m1s file, which runs when the wizard starts up.

If you are seeing this problem I guess you are using tool 0 and running an old version of the wizards.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: New Guy with an Old Question

« on: October 14, 2011, 03:37:02 PM »

I will try to set this straight.

When I make a distribution kit for a new version it gets names with the version numbers appended, like Newfangled286.

If you just let unzip do its thing you wind up with a folder Addons\Newfangled286.

But some of the wizard data, like the Materials.txt data and the help files are hard coded inside the wizard to look in Addons\Newfangled. So if you leave the 286 on the name it doesnt find the files.

The right way is to unzip the new version. delete the old version, then rename the new to just Newfangled with no version number. If you really want to keep the old one make it something like NewfangledOLD, but remember it wont work correctly under that name.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: New Guy with an Old Question

« on: October 12, 2011, 09:26:07 PM »

Ok, the screen shot helped. You are running an old versiion- 2.79 The current is 2.86

See the first topic in this section for the latest version and how to download it.

You also must be using tool number 0. The wizard didnt put in tool changes if it thinks you are suing the same tool as the last operation- you already have the tool, so you dont need to change. But that got confused in tool 0.

I made some fixes on that stuff a while back.

I think if you use a tool number other than zero you will get the tool change and M3 S********* code properly in your code.

For this drilling job my new DrillWiz would be a much neater solution. See the announcement topic in this section.