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Greetings from a newby--- please help :(
« on: November 10, 2008, 07:39:12 PM »
So i bought a mill.. all types of software and man, who would have thought it would have been this difficult (ha)

anyway, I am using Meshcam to generate tool paths. When i bring them into Mach3 it says Unknown word where unary operation could beline0

I am confused.. this is the code it has produced... where am i going wrong?

TOOL#
RAPID X0.000 Y0.000 Z0.100
RAPID Y0.014
LINE Z-0.067 FEED 0.1
LINE Y0.929 FEED 0.3
 X0.014 Y0.914
 X0.029
 Y0.886
 X0.000 Y0.857
 Y0.829
 X0.029 Y0.800
 X0.043
 X0.057 Y0.786
 Y0.757
 X0.043 Y0.743
 Y0.686
 X0.057 Y0.671
 X0.086
 X0.100 Y0.657
 Y0.629
 X0.086 Y0.614
 Y0.586
 X0.114 Y0.557
 X0.143
 X0.157 Y0.543
 Y0.457
 X0.171 Y0.443
 X0.214
 X0.229 Y0.429
 Y0.357
 X0.286 Y0.300
 Y0.286
 X0.343 Y0.229
 X0.357
 X0.429 Y0.157
 X0.457
 X0.471 Y0.171
 X0.486
 X0.514 Y0.143
 Y0.100
 X0.529 Y0.086
 X0.557
 X0.571 Y0.100
 X0.600
 X0.614 Y0.086
 Y0.057
 X0.643 Y0.029
 X0.686
 X0.700 Y0.043
 X0.714
 X0.743 Y0.014
 Y0.000
 X0.000
 Y0.014
RAPID Z0.100
RAPID X0.829 Y0.000
LINE Z-0.067 FEED 0.1
LINE X0.843 Y0.014 FEED 0.3
 Y0.057
 X0.829 Y0.071
 Y0.086
 X0.814 Y0.100
 Y0.114
 X0.800 Y0.129

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Re: Greetings from a newby--- please help :(
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2008, 07:56:34 PM »
You used the wrong post processor in MeshCAM. Make sure you choose the Mach2-Inch or mach2-mm post.
Gerry

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Re: Greetings from a newby--- please help :(
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2008, 07:58:51 PM »
Lotsa stuff in there that is not G-code.  It's a mish-mash of G-code and non-G-code.  Specifically, the following words are NOT G-code:

Tool#
RAPID
LINE
FEED

MeshCAM should offer different posrt-processors to output G-code to suit different machine controllers, and there certainly should be one specifically for Mach3.

Regards,
Ray L.
Regards,
Ray L.

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Re: Greetings from a newby--- please help :(
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2008, 08:01:20 PM »
Thank you very much guys, I am redoing it now.. Ill post progress.

SERIOUSLY appreciated.. Lots of little things a newby would never know...

Thanks again and again

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Re: Greetings from a newby--- please help :(
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2008, 09:45:49 PM »
Okay, well- we have code now.. but i ran it and this thing-- uhm.. it dont know where it is.

I referenced the zeros so that they were in the bottom left of the stock.. and well.. the thing started going toward -Y rather than +y.. frustrating.... to say the least.
Re: Greetings from a newby--- please help :(
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2008, 10:07:26 PM »
Do the axes move the right direction when you jog?  Are you aware that movement is based on the tool, not the work?  i.e. - moving -X will move the tool to the left, or the table to the right.  Moving -Y will move the tool towards the front of the machine, or the table towards the back of the machine.

How about posting your updated code?  Sounds like you're close...

Regards,
Ray L.
Regards,
Ray L.

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Re: Greetings from a newby--- please help :(
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2008, 10:53:22 PM »
yes, they do. They werent, but the do now. I fixed that.


The machine starts out and looks like it is doing well.. Then it Zeros, plunges (I assume this means -Z) WAY deep then starts again but in a ridiculous spot that cuts right through the section it just cut.. THEN tries to go deeper.. The whole part is only .145 thick...


I emailed the code to robert...

I will also add that i am running this on a p3 700mhz. The computer runs well, and does not seem overwhelmed by the software at all... infact, compared to the video tutorial from deepgroove.. i think its faster that what ever he was using.. (at least at opening the program)


Night one-- bummed. Hopefully, tomorrow will bring new light on it..

thanks for all your help= but i have to sleep.

Keith