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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: How To Make Boss6I G code Run Correctly In Mach3

« on: October 31, 2013, 05:50:53 PM »

Thanks. I will try that and see what happens. The Boss6I post is about 99% compatable with mach3, so with a few tweeks, I should have a nice post.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: How To Make Boss6I G code Run Correctly In Mach3

« on: October 31, 2013, 05:08:25 PM »

TP,
I figured out that the cnc file is the postprocessor machine file and the cnx file is the text document file that shows the format  information contained in the cnc file. I am now able to edit the cnc file with MBUILD. Based on the formats shown in the cnx file, can you give me the correct format for including segment name comments and the correct program end with Z up move? If so, then I can edit the cnc file to include the changes.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: How To Make Boss6I G code Run Correctly In Mach3

« on: October 31, 2013, 04:27:29 PM »

I finally found the MBUILD program that I used many years ago. I want to have a Z up movement at the end of the program before any X or Y move. The post shows the program end as:  {N<SEQ>}<MOTION>X<X-CHANGE>Y<Y-CHANGE>M2<EOB> Is that what I want, or do I need to add a Z move? If so, what is the correct input?

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: How To Make Boss6I G code Run Correctly In Mach3

« on: October 31, 2013, 01:34:00 AM »

I did some editing in the .cnx file and had both files in the same directory when I loaded the post to my CAD program, but it had no affect on the G-code produced, so I guess I need to somehow find a program that can display the .cnc file in normal text so I can edit that file to achieve the changes. Any ideas?

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: How To Make Boss6I G code Run Correctly In Mach3

« on: October 31, 2013, 01:13:58 AM »

I will give it a shot and let you know what happens. I am just wondering how changes to the .cnx file has any affect on the .cnc file. Thanks for your efforts in trying to help me.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: How To Make Boss6I G code Run Correctly In Mach3

« on: October 31, 2013, 01:04:14 AM »

I appreciate your responses. If I wanted to try to edit the post processor, Which file would I need to edit? Is it the .cnc or .cnx file? The .cnx file is easile opened with wordpad, but the .cnc file has a lot of unreadable entrys. When I post a new part program, I load the Boss6I.cnc file into my CAD program to generate the G-code, so I don't know what the purpose of the Boss6I.cnx file is for.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: How To Make Boss6I G code Run Correctly In Mach3

« on: October 30, 2013, 11:27:54 PM »

I would like to have the correct startup codes. Mach3 does not want G75 and it does not want the period as the first character in the first line. I would like to add the segment names for the different cycles, and I need to have the correct end commands that retract Z and return to the tool change location. There might be other things I will want to edit in the future. I need to know where to go to edit the post variables to make it happen. I want the post to be compatable with my Mach3 controler.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: How To Make Boss6I G code Run Correctly In Mach3

« on: October 30, 2013, 09:54:21 PM »

This is a post I used on a Bridgeport CNC mill several years ago. I know the radius problem was due to a setting in Mach3. Once I changed from INC to ABS, the problem went away. I want to know how to edit the program that generates the G-code so I can make changes to some parts of it so my part program will have the changes built into the G-code txt file and I won't need to hand edit each txt G-code fole to get it to run as I want. I just realized the .cnx file I sent was my mistake. I renamed the the Mach3 post to Boss6I hoping it would load into my cad program, but it did not. I meant to attatch this file Boss6I.cnx   I will now attatch it to this posting. Sorry for the mixup.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: How To Make Boss6I G code Run Correctly In Mach3

« on: October 30, 2013, 12:50:03 PM »

Here they are. The first one with the extension of .cnc  I will name Boss.doc and the second .cnx file will be Boss.dxf

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: How To Make Boss6I G code Run Correctly In Mach3

« on: October 30, 2013, 12:40:46 AM »

I tried, but the file extension .cnc and .cnx types are not allowed to be attatched. Is there a way to attatch them in another way?