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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Why doesn't this work? (FEED HOLD state)

« on: July 02, 2021, 03:07:37 PM »

Just want to watch this thread.  I tried to do this when Mach4 was just a tiny baby and I didn't know anything about LUA  HAHA

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Table Import/Export redux

« on: July 02, 2021, 10:02:13 AM »

Here is the Mach4 Post that outputs G10 D & H Values. 
***The H Value is for the Length Below Holder. ***
If you need it changed to overall length let me know. 
Flute Length seems to be the same as length below holder; maybe there is a bug inside Fusion for this variable. 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Table Import/Export redux

« on: July 02, 2021, 09:49:40 AM »

I've got this working for the tool length.  I just need to know what length you're looking for.

  Overall length, length below holder, flute length… ?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Table Import/Export redux

« on: July 01, 2021, 06:25:10 PM »

Joe,
I’ll work on this tomorrow. I’ve got to add a variable for the length or height.
What tool length do you need from fusion?  Overall length, length below holder, flute length… ?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Table Import/Export redux

« on: July 01, 2021, 11:41:39 AM »

Yes, the post that uses g10 can output d and h. I have it set only to d right now but I can edit the post processor again to output h. Would you like me to do that and post it here?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Table Import/Export redux

« on: June 21, 2021, 11:26:39 AM »

Joe,
What are you looking to add to Mach4's tool table?  Length, Diameter, Wear, etc...?
I made a post for Fusion360 that uses  G10L1 to output the tool's diameter into Mach4.  ]
It uses Fusion's tool information.  I want to use it for the diameter mainly, so it uses the tool's diameter from Fusion to put the D information in the G10L1 line.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: What's the proper way to pause a run for an end of shift scenario?

« on: June 17, 2021, 04:11:32 PM »

What do you mean by
 

when I restart the run it starts just fine until it clears

If you feedhold and then that stops your machining process entirely. 
If you feedhold the machine for a period of time and hit cycle start again, what exactly happens?
I don't think I've ever had an issue like this. 
I have jobs that will wait on toolchanges over night and I come in the next day and change the tool with no issues. 
I've hit feedhold on a machine before and went to help other people in the shop to come back and hit cycle start again with no issues.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Length Offset Macro Program

« on: June 16, 2021, 02:47:18 PM »

Yup, that could be it.  Like I said, it could be a version issue.  I haven't installed a new version of Mach4 on a mill in well over a year.  No need to if they're all running fine.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Length Offset Macro Program

« on: June 16, 2021, 09:51:25 AM »

I suppose that’s what you’ll have to use for G31.1 the 5073.
Also, the manual on the website isn’t correct. I just checked.
You’ll need to look in your mach4 directory under docs.
It has a current programming manual.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool Length Offset Macro Program

« on: June 16, 2021, 08:16:03 AM »

Kenny,
Artsoft added a lot of variables to the programming manuals as well.