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trouble with rotary axis tool path
« on: July 04, 2023, 09:18:04 AM »
Hello,
I  am having a problem bringing a rotary from from V carve pro into mach 4.  The tool path looks fine in V Carve.  When it comes into Mach 4 it is not correct.  It is stocky and has a pentagon like tool path in it.  Not sure if the is a mach4 setting I have wrong or something in V carve post processor.  Any Ideas?
Thanks,
Todd

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Re: trouble with rotary axis tool path
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2023, 04:31:21 PM »
I don't do rotary but is it just a visual or does it actually cut like that?
Re: trouble with rotary axis tool path
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2023, 09:53:09 PM »
Hi Bill,
I have not had a chance to run it with wood.  However after looking over the g code I believe it may run OK.  I think it may just be a display problem.
But looking at the tool path tab it has Min Z of -3.0155.  my stock is a 3 inch cyder.  But searching the G code I do not find any Z less than Z-1.0
I am thinking it might be a bug in the software.
Regards,
Todd

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Re: trouble with rotary axis tool path
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2023, 09:58:01 PM »
Make sure you have "Display A Axis Rotation" set to "Rotate around X" in the Toolpath tab of the control configuration. 

Steve
Re: trouble with rotary axis tool path
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2023, 03:47:37 PM »
I have it  to rotate around Y because i am wrapping my X axis around the Y axis.  I upgraded to V carve pro 11.5 and did not bring my post processors in from version 10.5 hopping it was a post processor problem, but no luck.  I am attaching some better pictures.  After I post from V carve and bring it into Mach 4  the Z axis in the picture in Mach 4 is inverted.  Like mirror image.  Is this a bug in Mach 4.  Should I upgrade my Mach 4  :-\.
thanks for any help.

running on windows 10
Mach 4.2.0.4612