this is a rework of the post "Arc Radius and cutter radius" from about a week ago
LC - 2.0.31
Mach3 2.0.29
I need some help. I seem to be the only one have this problems cause no one else jumped on my original post..
I had some time to work on my project this morning. I loaded up my files and started running a simulation before cutting. I cannot get tool compensation to work.( the cutter appears over the part outline) While watching the run on the “program run “ screen, the tool data shows the correct tool number and assigned diameters after each tool change. I’ve reloaded (same ver.) Mach 3 this morning but the problem does not go away.
I had this poroblem in my original post but is disappeared
![Huh ???](https://www.machsupport.com/forum/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
Any suggestions – it’s gotta be something I’m not doing right.
Lazycam suggestion.
When I repeated the simulation a second time I was left with the last tool change I made in the last run. You might want to add a tools change at the beginning of the g-code program (first cut) to insure the correct starting tool is loaded.
This would not let me post my dxf and gcode files (said they had already been uploaded once and kicked out the post). See Arc Radius and cutter radius if interested.