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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 2 Help from a complete Newbie!!

« on: March 29, 2006, 06:39:09 PM »

The DXF importer that is built into MACH 2/3 will not do 3d, only 2d shapes.  Brian and Art are currently developing LazyCAM (can be found in the Downloads section on the MACH support site).  I am not sure about the exact capabilities of it right now, but it should make dealing with DXF's allot easier.  One other tip is save the DXF in AutoCAD in Release 12 format.  Not sure if I helped "solve" your problem, but hope I helped clear up some confusion for you.

So, clear as mud now?   


p.s. Mach is pretty impresive isn't it!  I don't think you will find a better, cheaper, more flexible solution.  And the support it is surpased by none, IMHO.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Newfangled shapes

« on: November 30, 2005, 10:45:57 AM »

And just like that, Brian has the Mirroring function put in and working great.  Again, I timed it.  And took me less the 5 minutes from the time I launched Mach3 to having G-code ready to make chips.  He are 2 more examples with the Artsoft logo.  The first shows the mirroriing about the X and Y axis' seperately.  The second shows a mirroring around the X and Y simultaneously (? spelling ?)  I am a better CNC addict than I am a speller/writer!   Enjoy!!

-Rob

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Newfangled shapes

« on: November 30, 2005, 10:09:13 AM »

And here is another with 2 Artsoft logo's.  I have varied both the final depth and step depth so they are different for each.  This can be seen well in the second image.

As a side note, you will have to forgive any mistakes I have made in these three posts.   They are my first to this forum.  Thanks for the time guys and keep the ideas coming.

-Rob

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Newfangled shapes

« on: November 30, 2005, 10:04:25 AM »

Here is another shot of the file, but in a side veiw to illustrate step depth and final depth.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Newfangled shapes

« on: November 30, 2005, 10:01:57 AM »

Good morning all.  I am working with Brian and Newfangled on the Shapes Wizard.  It is coming along great so far!  I just wanted to post a few screen shots so people can see how nice this Wizard really is.  It took me about 5 minutes from the time I launched Mach 3 to when I had the completed G-code and was ready to cut.  Keep the suggestions for shapes coming.  We are looking at all of them and I am putting them in as fast as I can.  Brian is working on more features for the Wizard as well, including mirroring about X and/or Y axis.  It is so quick and simple to use that there is no excuse for people not to make their own really nice control panels now!!   Let us know what you think. 

Here is one showing DB-9,15, and 25 pin cutouts along with a couple of logos.  Notice the rotated cutouts.  Done by simply inputing a rotation and for it into a DRO in the Wizard. 

Enjoy!!

-Rob "Trips"