Alan Condit wrote: > Jon, > > Thanks for replying. In fact the example that you cite is the one > that I tried which reported "Concave corner with cutter radius comp" > error. In my code it appears to barf on either the line where cutter > comp is turned on or the one immediately after it. Interestingly, > axis seems to draw the correct tool path and it runs OK on the > simulator. > > The reason that I put the whole program in was that I hoped someone > could run it (cutting air) and show me what I am doing wrong. > > Alan > > >>Alan Condit wrote: >> >>>Hi all, >>> >>>I am trying to figure out Cutter radius compensation. And everything >>>I try seems to be wrong. The example in the manual even reports >>>"Concave corner with cutter radius comp". I have written a short >>>program to cut the outline of a gate handle and it reports Cutter >>>gouging with cutter radius. Can someone take a look at it and tell >>>me what I am doing wrong. T4 is a 1/4" cutter. >>> >>>(GateHandle) >>>G17 G20 >>>G00Z3.0 >>>T4 M06 >>>G01 G40 X0.0 Y-0.8 F50.0 >>>G01 G41 D4 X0.0 Y-0.4 (COMP LEAD IN) >>>G01 X0.0 Y0.0 F50.0 (real start of part) >>>Z2.5 >>>G01Z2.25F25.0
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