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Mach3 scaling issue
« on: February 18, 2020, 03:15:47 PM »
I currently have 2 CNC tables that both run the same program of Mach3, I just started my new CNC but for some reason the g-code loads perfectly normal and lays out on the screen to scale, but when I start the program on the new machine it follows the correct tool path but at a much smaller scale than the DXF drawing I imported into it to create the g-code. The same exact g-code runs fine on my slightly older machine, but the same exact g-code will not run properly to scale on the new CNC. What would cause this to happen? and how can I fix this issue? The file extension is an .NC and I am pretty sure I ran into this problem before but cannot remember what I did to correct it, I think it had something to do with the file extension.

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Re: Mach3 scaling issue
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2020, 11:54:27 PM »
maybe metric / imperial Units?

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Re: Mach3 scaling issue
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2020, 04:36:26 PM »
When using manual movement commands, do the axis move the same amount and correct distance when comparing the two machines?

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Re: Mach3 scaling issue
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2020, 01:57:28 AM »
can you pls post your g-code?
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