[Emc-users] EMC2.3.0

2009-04-21 Thread Ian W. Wright
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[Emc-users] EMC2.3.0

2009-04-21 Thread Ian W. Wright
Hi, I'm trying to play with EMC2.3.0 but I've hit a snag... It's installed on a computer which isn't connected to anything so isn't causing any mayhem in the workshop but I can't get started on running any simulated jobs because I can't home the X-axis.. When I fired up EMC2.3.0 with my previo

Re: [Emc-users] emc2.3.0 beta2 - odd behavior with G64 P-

2009-04-08 Thread Jon Elson
Jeff Epler wrote: > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:29:51PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > >> I can't answer this, but I think we need a lot more info on what the >> G-code for these holes looks like. >> > > Please ignore my dumb response in that message, I *READ* it was for a plasma cutter and

Re: [Emc-users] emc2.3.0 beta2 - odd behavior with G64 P-

2009-04-08 Thread Jeff Epler
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:29:51PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > I can't answer this, but I think we need a lot more info on what the > G-code for these holes looks like. The gcode that causes these problems can be as simple as G0 X??? Y??? G3 I1 F100 M2 i.e., a full circle of radius 1 wi

Re: [Emc-users] emc2.3.0 beta2 - odd behavior with G64 P-

2009-04-07 Thread Jon Elson
Hal Eckhart wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm doing plasma cutting with files made via SheetCam, and have been > making stuff with EMC intermittently for a few months. This is the > first time I've run into a problem that I couldn't solve by asking > Google. > > I've noticed what seems to me strange

Re: [Emc-users] emc2.3.0 beta2 - odd behavior with G64 P-

2009-04-07 Thread Jeff Epler
Thanks for your report. Another user had reported this problem on irc, and we already have a fix for the problem that will be in the next release. Besides the workaround of not using G64 P-, I believe that specifying half-circles rather than full circles will avoid the problem. As you observed,

Re: [Emc-users] emc2.3.0 beta2 - odd behavior with G64 P-

2009-04-07 Thread Hal Eckhart
On Apr 7, 2009, at 1:16 PM, Jeff Epler wrote: > Besides the workaround of not using G64 P-, I believe that specifying > half-circles rather than full circles will avoid the problem. Thanks Jeff, Just specifying a naked G64 seems to work well enough for me with the SheetCam output. I only star

Re: [Emc-users] emc2.3.0 beta2 - odd behavior with G64 P-

2009-04-07 Thread Leslie Newell
If you edit the post and edit out this line: bigarcs = 1 --stitch arc segments together then circles will have at least 4 segments. les Jeff Epler wrote: > Thanks for your report. Another user had reported this problem on irc, > and we already have a fix for the problem that will be in the

[Emc-users] emc2.3.0 beta2 - odd behavior with G64 P-

2009-04-07 Thread Hal Eckhart
Hi folks, I'm doing plasma cutting with files made via SheetCam, and have been making stuff with EMC intermittently for a few months. This is the first time I've run into a problem that I couldn't solve by asking Google. I've noticed what seems to me strange behavior when using G64 with any