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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: XY lead out when cutting circles - why?

« on: August 17, 2013, 12:04:42 AM »

Ron,
I just realized I had not read the wizard's definition of clearance height. I was assuming that to be some overall clearance for fixtures, as in the past, I have always used .1 as a rapid height, also considered as a suitable 'clearance height', so that clears up my problem with 'clearance height'. My bad for no rtfm...
Thanks,
Roger

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: XY lead out when cutting circles - why?

« on: August 16, 2013, 11:33:19 PM »

Ron, if you consider 'simply complaining' my description of the defect, then so be it... I remind you that you admitted that circle cutting had a coding error and you would bring it to Brian's attention; I call that a bug report. I have attached the job file in this case, perhaps you can explain what I did wrong, and/or weather I defined the problem insufficiently, and finally how to execute the operation correctly. The material thickness is 0.77"
Thanks,
Roger

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Pocket Circle code cuts air in clearance height. Was: XY lead out...

« on: August 16, 2013, 06:39:33 PM »

Yesterday I made my first use of the wizard to cut circles, and the code is broken.
today, I made my second use of the wizard to cut circle pockets, and that code appears to be broken also.
Why does the code start out by cutting air down through two inches of clearance height before reaching the top Z of 0.00?
Is this software really supposed to be ready for release, or should I have expected to pay for alfa testing?

This is really disappointing...
Roger

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: XY lead out when cutting circles - why?

« on: August 15, 2013, 08:36:24 PM »

Thanks Ron for your quick response.
I get your point about multiple operations without changing tools. That is why I asked for an OPTION to set ZXY start and XYZ end. In my case, ZXY start would always be at the desired tool change position, as well as is XYZ end.
As a homeshop practitioner I (and many others) do many single cut operations, which requires changing the tool before the next operation, or removing the tool before clearing the setup.
Regards,
Roger

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / XY lead out when cutting circles - why?

« on: August 15, 2013, 05:19:24 PM »

Am I missing something? How are XY lead ins or lead outs appropriate to circle cutting? When cutting circles, a final lead out in the XY plane is included in the published code. This is in direct conflict with the material left in place! This requires manually editing out the lead out from the code to safely cut circles.  A ramping retraction in Z at the end would be fine...
Also,  logically (in my mind) all operations begin and end at tool change. An option to select a ZXY start position and a XYZ return position would be most productive..
Fix or Advice?
Thanks,
Roger

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Convert this .dat file to DXF ? ? ? ?

« on: February 02, 2011, 11:09:51 PM »

I don't know where you are headed with this, but if you're intending to CNC this airfoil, NCPlot produces a proper airfoil pattern.  See attached NC file.

Regards,
Roger

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Machscreen Screen Designer / Re: Screendesigner "machscreen"

« on: May 19, 2009, 10:16:49 PM »

Hi dgoddard,

could you please tell me, where you found the German text.



Klaus

Klaus,
I'm not dgoddard, but perhaps these annotated pics will help...

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Others / Re: New Mach User Interface - MachMe - Beta

« on: April 19, 2009, 06:12:10 PM »

OK, mostly operator error, toggling run as administrator got most everything working as designed, as far as functions are concerned.

2. Does not launch Mach3 - Works OK
3. No connectivity to Mach3.exe even if Mach3 is open prior to launch. - Fixed
4. "Mach Visible on Start" If selected, will not open Mach3, while  the registry is correct. - Confused!
5. Function buttons fail on first selection. OK on second selection. - Fixed
6. LEDs panel position does not get saved along with others. - NOT fixed
7. G Code File, SpindleForm, and Jog Controls panels do not dim when not in focus. - NOT fixed
8. Scaling is not consistent. (window scales but internals do not)
9. Lots of access violations... - Fixed
a. G Code File window "File open","Last". - Fixed
b. Jog Control Buttons. - Fixed
c. Main window "REF" button. - Fixed
10. Main window ALL other buttons do nothing. - Fixed
11. Skins do not save. - Not fixed

New...
1. Unable to delete LEDs on panel - Intermittant.
2. G Code File "Close" inop.
Not an exhaustive wringout...
Looking forward to a corrected version with DROs & VARs added

Regards,
Roger

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Others / Re: New Mach User Interface - MachMe - Beta

« on: April 19, 2009, 12:20:15 PM »

Running on Vista...
1. Had to manually correct registry values to get this far...
2. Does not launch Mach3
3. No connectivity to Mach3.exe even if Mach3 is open prior to launch.
4. "Mach Visible on Start" If selected, will not open Mach3, while  the registry is correct.
5. Function buttons fail on first selection. OK on second selection.
6. LEDs panel position does not get saved along with others.
7. G Code File, SpindleForm, and Jog Controls panels do not dim when not in focus.
8. Scaling is not consistent. (window scales but internals do not)
9. Lots of access violations...
a. G Code File window "File open","Last".
b. Jog Control Buttons.
c. Main window "REF" button.
10. Main window ALL other buttons do nothing.
11. Skins do not save.
Do you plan to publish a corrected version?

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: New G-Code Summary display format

« on: October 28, 2008, 05:13:54 PM »

Thanks RC,
Fixed that issue just fine...
Roger