Hi, RC

Like this.

Chip

Guys,

thanks for your answers, yes the drawing you do is correct.
I'm sorry if i do to you stupid question but i'm a noob of lazycam, so i would like to know if you understand what i'm asking you.
In my piece i don't have to do a roughing pass, only a finish one.
I have a round tool with2mm radius. I wanna know where i can input these data and change them when my tool lose something on the radius.
Anyway my dxf works fine, but when it creates the g-code it makes some G0 movement of 0.0002 mm that are useless. DO you know how i fix this?

the MAIN problem is that i don't know where i can input my tools information (radius ecc...) since if i put them in lazycam it's like it don't read the informations.

If you can tell me how to do this i would really appreciate.

Thanks

Hi, Hi, Saumur

Post #16 has a dxf and tap file that should do what you need.

Jog mach3 to the Diameter / Start point you need, Then Zero your Z and X axises.

There is no tool offset in the G-code, Should work fine.

Hears a LC LCAM file also, I Cleaned, Optimized and moved the 0,0 "target" to the right side.

Then just click "Post Code" Button will generate the profile to Mach3.

Hope this Helps, Chip

Hey Chip,
YES to reply #20.
Do you Know why it does that?
In creasing the finish tol. seems to help....but it shouldn't.
Thanks,
RC

Hi, RC

It's probably some typo or error in prog code, Woo nows.

It was getting pretty close then no time to finish/debug.

Thanks, Chip

Looks like ART is really rolling along with LTurn.
I'm confident that it will be an excellent utility.
I guess we should just hang up LCam Turn.
It's like "beating the dead horse."
Thanks Chip,
RC

Saumur,
On the Turn home screen, click Tool Table. Or on the Run screen hit Tool Adjust.
Then you will see the Tool Table Editor. There, you can select the tools and set the parameters.
But there is a problem with Tool Nose Radius Compensation, which is what you will need to cut your part accurately.
It is one of the functions that was never finalized.
Hopefully, it will be OK in the new LazyTurn when it is done.
It's function is explained well in the "Using Mach3 Turn" manual.
If this does not answer you question, please reply.
RC

so all i have to do is set the tool, put in the g-code to use tool number 1 and it will work with the setting i've put in that tool automatically?

Yes, I believe that's the way it is intended to work.
The tool descriptions should be the same for each tool that you set-up in the Mach3 tool table and in the Lcam tool table.
But.......It may not work correctly due to the problems with the Lcam Turn software bugs.
If your finished tolerances are not critical, just define a 2mm rad. button tool in LCam, (save then select), and generate the code.
I think that would just offset your profile 2mm with no compensation.
That may be close enough ? ? ?

Overload,

the person that is doing the g-code for me at the moment set the tool in the CAM like it should be.
The problem is that if i set the tool (in layers right?) the g-code i create will be always the same no matter what tool radius i put.
I would like to know why this happen....