Hello,
I used Vectric Cut 2D to create some plaques. I saved the tool path files as Mach 3 files (.txt). When I load the G-Code in Mach 3, only part of the image appears. I even used the Vectric Avalon tutorial sign to see if I had done something incorrectly with the tool paths, but it still appears incomplete in Mach 3.
Any ideas?
Much appreciated.
Incomplete Tool Path in Mach 3
- Rcnewcomb
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Re: Incomplete Tool Path in Mach 3
Do you have the trial version of Mach3? The trial version is limited to 500 lines of G code.
- Randall Newcomb
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Re: Incomplete Tool Path in Mach 3
I downloaded it from a CD, but how would I check to see if the version I have is only a trial version? It would explain why my code stops at a random point.
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Re: Incomplete Tool Path in Mach 3
Look in the Mach3 folder for a file that starts with "Mach1lic"
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Re: Incomplete Tool Path in Mach 3
Did you pay for a Mach3 License? ~$175?
Gerry - http://www.thecncwoodworker.com
Re: Incomplete Tool Path in Mach 3
Sorry about taking forever to respond, I am only at my internship so many days out of the week. The version I had was a trial. I wasn't sure because someone had given me the cd saying that it was the full version, but I realized when all of my tool paths ended at 500 lines it must have been a trial. I have since purchased the full version and all of my tool paths are being generated.
Now I am just having a problem setting the Z I start the program and the spindle goes up too high even though I set the zero about an inch away from the material surface. I think I have to tinker with the offsets.
Thanks for the help though I greatly appreciate it.
Now I am just having a problem setting the Z I start the program and the spindle goes up too high even though I set the zero about an inch away from the material surface. I think I have to tinker with the offsets.
Thanks for the help though I greatly appreciate it.