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PoKeys / Re: Pin assignment of step and direction

« on: October 19, 2015, 08:14:20 AM »

Thanks, I looked all over the site but could not find this.

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PoKeys / Pin assignment of step and direction

« on: October 18, 2015, 12:36:32 PM »

I want to  set up a 57E as  my pulse engine as well as some pendant functions. I am going to remove  my smoothstepper because I want probing functions to work.

I can not find where to set the pin numbers to be used for each axis step and direction signals. I see boxes for axis limit+ and limit- and home, but nothing about step and direction.

What am I missing?

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: 2.5d probe technique

« on: October 15, 2015, 07:27:17 PM »

I have no idea of any such probing, and I am sure it is not part of the newfangled wizards. Try posting in the main forum section.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / NFS Mill V2 is on the web

« on: October 10, 2015, 08:13:33 AM »

The NFS Mill package was updated to V2 and has been on the download site for a couple weeks now. http://www.machsupport.com/software/downloads-updates/#tabs-3

There are a couple new operations, a regular polygon and a shape or polyline.

Polygon will do any regular polygon of any size. A regular polygon has all sides of the same length- so common things like triangle or hexagons. You may cut inside, outside, on the line or fully pocket the polygon. You specify the polygon by the inside circle- that is across the flats  for a hexagon, or by a circle around the points.

Polyline is a very interesting operation. You may specify any shape composed of line segments and arcs. You are required to first enter a start point, then may select line segment or arc. Arcs may be specified by center and radius or by location of center. You may enter up to 20 segments. We could change the 20 limit, but it seems unlikely anyone would want to enter a more complicated shape in a wizard- that may be time to use a CAD package.

The shape may be cut on the line, inside, outside or a full pocket. Note pockets can have islands by specifying an outside shape, then starting a new curve that will be the island. At this time the groove operation must be a closed curve, but I am working on code to allow a groove that is not closed.

The entry of the line segments can get a little complicated. We are not completely happy with the input at this time and are looking at ideas for improvement.

A number of bugs were fixed, and some of the screens were re-arranged to make them more clear. I cleared up the use of the origin point and a reference point- all shapes have a ref point that defines where they are relative to your coordinate origin.

V2 also has new license code, so if you have an older version you will need to use the web site to request a new license. Log-in to your account on the machsupport.com site. You must first de-activate your current license, then enter the new PCID. A new license file will be mailed to you.

As always I will follow this forum for any support questions. I hope you will find this new version useful

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Mach3 Turn wizard metric threading

« on: October 04, 2015, 09:20:07 PM »

The thread table is not converted by the program, the numbers are simply entered into the gcode. If you want to use metric values you must make table entries with metric numbers. 4-40 is an inch size, not metric so its values will be simply entered into the code where metric values are expected.

Edit the table to have correct values for metric values. The table may mix values, but do not use them in the wrong trype.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Pointer to current version

« on: September 14, 2015, 07:28:05 AM »

Thanks, its nice to hear when something works right, and not just when there is a problem.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Mill Wizard Install Problem

« on: September 08, 2015, 06:19:57 PM »

I tired to attach a test version here, but its to large for the forum. I will have to see if Brian is ready to update the download page. The installer is ready, and out for testing, so maybe its ready now.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Mill Wizard Install Problem

« on: September 04, 2015, 08:05:53 PM »

Sorry, we updated our build tools and forgot to update the installer to include those files. We have a new installer to test, but you can always copy those files from the microsoft web site (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784)  to the c:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Nfs_Mill

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Pointer to current version

« on: August 25, 2015, 11:53:09 AM »

Its been a long time, but we now have a new update of the mill wizard. This version fixes a lot of small bugs that were reported, and adds two new operations.

We now have a regular polygon operation- any number of sides greater than 3 can be cut inside, outside, on the line, or pocketed out.

A polyline operation lets you define any closed area, using  lines or arcs. The defined area can then be cut on the line, outside, inside or pocketed. You can even specify a second closed curve as an island and the pocketing code will leave it uncut. This operation is a bit complicated on the input and and may have a bug or two, try it carefully.

We made a number of changes in the operation screens to improve the distinction between the coordinate system origin and the reference point of the object.

We also updated the license code, so you will need to get a new license code from the  web site.  If you are a new buyer just follow the directions and you will get a license emailed to you. If you previously bought the wizards go to the web site log in to your account and request a new license. Your PC id will be changed, so be sure to copy it from the help screen.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: New Teach wizard

« on: August 14, 2015, 07:14:16 AM »

See https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,10536.0.html for the latest version, it is called CopyCat