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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Code won't run

« on: November 12, 2013, 04:28:43 PM »

No-the T13 line works ok, it's down about line 50 where the T12 tool change is that hangs it up.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Code won't run

« on: November 12, 2013, 03:04:36 PM »

The attached job file and associated G-code fails to load and run in Mach.

At the line where the tool changes to Tool 12, there is a status message that says "nested comment found, Block = M06 T12"

Whats the problem here? It ran up to that point and went thru a couple of tool changes?

Side question (since I can't run the code and I'm just getting used to these wizards), does it stop at the tool change so I can manually change the tool and can I reset Z then to adjust for tool length, since the tool table gives me no length values. I have NMTB 30 holders, so I can measure and fix all the tool lengths, but there's no way I see to enter that into the table.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: G-Code stops in Mach

« on: November 07, 2013, 11:36:35 PM »

I moved the xml file from the Mill to the other system and everything seems fine now.

Thanks.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / G-Code stops in Mach

« on: November 06, 2013, 11:50:58 PM »

This job file (and subsequent G-Code file) stops at line 30 in Mach with no explanation. I can single step thru it and it seems fine, but won't run.

Also-so far I've been running on a computer that isn't hooked up to the mill to check the code etc., but all through this process, the Mach DRO's don't show any changes as I mock run or single step thru the file. Is this normal for a setup that isn't actually connected to a mill?

Thanks.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Ideas for a new opertion- End Cut

« on: November 01, 2013, 10:36:58 PM »

I like the idea, but why limit it to a Y motion end cut? Allow one to do the same thing in X.

Rational: Motion in X- I could use it to cut a keyway in a shaft for instance. Or trim something that was easier to hold in the vice allowing for X motion rather than Y motion.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Bad Rectangle code

« on: October 23, 2013, 01:15:39 AM »

Thanks for the fix-I'll download and try it shortly.

How does one do what I want-cut a rectangle that's smaller than 2x the cutter? I may have to just hand code this, but in my situation, I'm cutting all the way across a bar, so don't need the ramp. Would one of the other wizard choices work in this particular case?

It would be nice to be able to choose no ramp in or a much smaller ramp if one had a center cutting mill or a linear ramp rather than a circular one.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Bad Rectangle code

« on: October 19, 2013, 12:24:55 PM »

Here's more of the job file, with an additional circular hole that is correct. All I'm trying to do here is cut a .9" wide slot across a 1" piece that also has the included hole bored into it so I don't really care about the ends (top and bottom) of the slot. Why wouldn't I be able to cut a .9" slot with a .5" cutter?
Using version 1.0.13

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Feature request

« on: October 19, 2013, 12:19:47 AM »

Just starting to use these new Wizards, which I like a lot by the way and have a feature request. In all the times when one gets to select the origins, the choices always seem to be center, NE, NW, SE, SW, but it would be nice to also have N, S, E, W as options. This would make lining up and linking different sections of code much more flexible.

Thanks.

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Bad Rectangle code

« on: October 19, 2013, 12:12:52 AM »

Attached are shots of an attempt to cut a simple rectangle, but the extra code (circle in the upper right) is not correct and looks like a bug to me. It is specified for a .5" cutter.

Thanks.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / 2.80?

« on: November 28, 2008, 12:18:58 PM »

On one of the forums I thought I saw a message that there was an update to 2.80. I can't find that anywhere. Is it real?