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Ok found out why - when you let sheet cam choose the inside / outside automatically it sets them all to outside offset for some reason even though it has correctly made the inner one inside offset. The new code then recognises the outside offset correctly but pastes the sub code after every M03 whic...

I want to add a subroutine number to my codes so that a button can jump straight to that section of code for dry-runs on a plasma table. It needs to be on the last cut which is usually the perimeter cut and is used for verifying the position on the metal before cutting. This code for OnPenDown() was...

Thanks for that, will have a look at it.

While there maybe you can answer this...

What is the difference in the post between Post.Modaltext and Post.text etc????

Is there a guide on this somewhere??


Thanks

Thans for that, yes I think you are right that accuracy is dependant on speed being constant. This is most of my probing routine, so if i want a guaranteed, fixed speed I could just put a F1000 in before the G28.1 line? G28.1 Z3.000 G92 Z0.000 G00 Z#15045 - This var holds my switch offset G92 Z0.000

Here is the top section of one of my G-code files, trying to figure out when it reaches N0240 M98 (HeightSense.tap) it does a G28.1 Z3.00, G28.1 in the code guide it says it moves at current feed-rate but what is my current feed-rate ? Also, what does this line do N0050 F1 ? If that F1 is my feed ra...

sorted - got the software working with a mach subroutine and a mach brain, full details here.. http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,31543.10.html All i have to do is the hardware but that will wait until i return to work. I have modded the sheet cam post to call the subroutine rather tha...

Seems like a mach subroutine would be better, just a bit more reading to so, appears that mach prefers g-code to macro code so getting it into g-code and using the M98 (heightsense.tap) call is best

yes that does sound like a mach custom macro, i'll do some research.

i have already been caught multiple times by changes in switch offset

very nice idea, i'm guessing that would be a custom macro in mach3?

this would then be replaced with a single call in the post??

Maybe it's this simple??? Small changes to post file, lines marked XXXXXX if (refHome) then post.Text (" M07")--XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX post.Text (" (Insert probe switch)\n")--XXXXXXXXXXX...

I'm looking at testing a new initial height sensing method on my plasma table, it currently uses G28.1 I think and the Z-limit as the response input from the floating z switch. Not sure if this is a Mach3 code or a SheetCam post code change? I want to trigger the Aux-B relay before lowering the Z to...

Oops, apologies, it was a typo when i pasted it here,, the "If" is not commented out.... if(dthcOff >0 and entityLength * scale > minLength) then --nothing else --post.Text (thcOffCode) if (verbose == true) then --post.Text (" &a...

Thanks Les, I didn't know that, will approach Tom directly. Surely if i simply comment out the "End" line, it will throw an error as the "end" surely matches an 'If" somewhere? Will have a look, simply commenting out what i did has certainly worked, there are no more duplica...

Little more info... Looking at my Post above, I have commented out all the code surrounding the part marked 'DTHCb', I have no idea what this code does but the output looks perfectly normal without it and there are no duplicate entries now. if(dthcOff >0 and entityLength * scale > minLength&...

Nice work, my one is a standalone app that has the material, markups, labour, welding, piercing, cut cost, finishing etc as options or free entry boxes. The Scam part was an afterthought but works really well, simply choose the custom report layout, save the report then import it into the pricing ap...