Yep i see what your saying most of what i do is turn so I'm just using yours as examples.  But i do have a question whats the advantage of doing offsets in Lcam versus using the left and right tool offset?  Beside the fact you just don't have to code them.

Wes

Hi, Wes

Well it's a mixed bag, Trying to help de-bug LC, Mach3 G41/G42 don't lead in/out the same, LC will save allot of time in cut and pasting of g-code.

Hears a view of blade cut and Tap file of same with out lead-ins on in LC and g42 tool offset turned on in Mach3 multi cut Gcode.

The lead in look fine the lead out doesn't extend out as it should and cut's off the trailing edge, I've posted this before no time to look at it I guess..

I may be doing something wrong hear though

Thanks, Chip

remove the rapid z retracts LC puts these in for some reason

Hi, Wes

That seemed to help allot, Thanks,

Would have thought it would have finished the g42 tool off set even with it in there.

Thanks, Chip

The Extra lines in the drawing is a bug in the importer code..
We have a bug report to the place that is doing the DXF importer code... if we don't hear from them soon we will bump them again...

Once that is fixed we will work on the offset code

Hi, Brian

Updated LazyCam this morning, Pocketing is completing both Spiral & ZigZag Now, Thanks !!

Didn't now the bug was in the DXF importer, Thanks for the info..

I now your Working Hard all the time, Sorry for my ranting hear.

Thanks, Chip

Chip looks like a bright day for ya.  Na your never suppose to retract a z until offsets are canceled.
 
Wes

I don't think of it as Ranting.. You have helped to make it better for everyone and I think they all thank you for it

Keep up the good work
Brian

Hi Art,

Here is the screenshot of my current Offsets attempt.

Thanks, Paul, Central OR

Hi, Art & Brian

LazyCam Downloaded this morning Ver 2.02

When LC opens, Layers, "Cut Rapid Hight" is 0.0000, After loading a DXF file "Cut Rapid Hight" is 60.0000, WOW Ba-beee... !!.

The 60.0000 value also appears in the Tool "Plunge Feed & Feed Rate", box's with "No Tool" selected.

It's not in the XML, It must be in the main LC code, Shouldn't it be 0 or some lesser value. ?


In Pockets "Spiral" getting the Error Below, With a 0.0625 value set in Parameter, "Tool Dir":, No Error, With a 0.1625 it work's Fine in Spiral and Zigzag ( Just Takes some time to sort-out everything } .

The Object to be pocketed is really Big X 407 Y 120 unit's "Meg-a Test Hear".

Final Error is "EndGLDraw1".

As I've stated before, It would be nice to have an indication that LC is Processing Data and a way to Cancel / Terminate the current Operation. ?

Windows is showing that LC isn't Responding, "WHEN IN FACT", It's working very hard and not Error-ing Out or Crashing.

Thanks, Chip