Vectric Customer

HI Forum Recently purchased a workshop full of equipment amongst which there is a home built cnc. The control box is a mess!! No hand held DSP or computor... Need to know which software and post processor is needed to calibrate table and to run the machine Any help would be appreciated.... Maybe Mac...

Bloody Lock screws behind Z axis plate came loose!! All sorted

Hi Forum! I have an old AXYZ 4008 series CNC. Recently I have started experiencing a “lift and drop” of around 1mm on the Z axis while profiling parts. A strange anomaly is that it seems to replicate at exactly the same point on matching vectors. Tried using original Aspire 4 with different post pro...

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Fri Oct 01, 2021 6:34 pm

Two step process. Go to your portal account and download each clipart installer to a folder on your computer. Then run each installer. It will place the clipart in the approiate locations for the program to use.

Thanks! still can't see the clipart and can't see where they are in the portal

Hi All
I can't seem to open any clipart with V11...
any ideas

Of course!! Didn't see the Canada loc till after I posted

There are two types of controllers: a2mc: the latest that doesn't need the Toolpath for Windows (TPW) amc: older controller that requires the use of TPW The a2mc has an ethernet connecter and once assigned a static IP address on your network can be mapped as a drive. Once done g-code is created in ...

Hi Steve Thanks for the info! My 4008 has an AMC contrtoller. I managed to actually import .DXF into TPWin and cut a couple of perfect parts.......THEN... I wanted to use the AXYZ DNC iinterface in order to use Aspire .nc files direct to the machine. I also got a post processor from another forum me...

Hi Forum
I have recently purchased a very old AXYZ 4008 Series CNC with TOOLPATH FOR WINDOWS as std software.
Can one bypass this and just plug a network cable into the computer running Aspire V11 and machine from there?
TIA
Kevin

Nice to see someone pushing the limits.... what's maximum RPM?!

Probably a stupid question, but are all gadgets "version" limited?

Good day All and Sundry!
Need some quick help ......
Is it possible to select , say, 100 circle vectors on a layer and resize all diameters as one command??
Still on Aspire 4.5....
Thanks in advance
Kevin

I'm way back on 4.5 still but have started using Sketchup as a sales tool. I want to be able to import all the components from a Sketchup design and have all the vectors ready for toolpathiing

Hi All
Before I upgrade to Aspire 10, how good is it importing Sketchup files?