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by mancavedweller
Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:16 am
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Academic question on calculating arc length.
Replies: 7
Views: 1364

Re: Academic question on calculating arc length.

Couldn't you use trig to calculate the arc angle given the start, end, and center points? If you know three points then you can calculate the lengths of all three sides. Then you can calculate the angles. https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/trig-solving-sss-triangles.html That's the easy bit, I've g...
by mancavedweller
Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:30 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Academic question on calculating arc length.
Replies: 7
Views: 1364

Academic question on calculating arc length.

Hi Les, I was going to go on a maths forum and ask for help on this but thought I'd ask you first. If the answer is long winded, don't worry, I know you are very busy, and this is not Sheetcam related. In my never ending quest to "play" and figure out how to do things, I'm embarking on a t...
by mancavedweller
Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:30 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Any tangential capability in drag knife module ??
Replies: 2
Views: 994

Re: Any tangential capability in drag knife module ??

Thanks Les,

some time after I asked this question I realised the functionality was built in to UCCNC, the controller I use.

I did a search in the UCCNC user manual for "tangent" and found it had been implemented a few versions ago.
by mancavedweller
Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:17 am
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Any tangential capability in drag knife module ??
Replies: 2
Views: 994

Any tangential capability in drag knife module ??

Hi Les, it appears there's no documentation for the drag knife module. Is this module purely drag as the name implies, or does it have more functionality built is. For example does it have any tangential control where the Z axis has rotary capability, so the Z axis is automatically rotated along a c...
by mancavedweller
Fri May 29, 2020 5:08 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Found a sheet cam in school
Replies: 1
Views: 526

Re: Found a sheet cam in school

The Sheetcam here is not a machine, it is cam software to generate gcode for a variety of different machines.
by mancavedweller
Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:06 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Nesting parts on waste from inside cut.
Replies: 3
Views: 1160

Re: Nesting parts on waste from inside cut.

Wonderful stuff Sean, I never knew that :P

Cheers,

Keith
by mancavedweller
Sun Mar 29, 2020 7:07 am
Forum: New features
Topic: Disable "loop corners" individually
Replies: 1
Views: 6692

Disable "loop corners" individually

Just like we can change the properties of leadins/leadouts individually, it would be good if the same could happen with looping on corners.

Had a situation today where a couple of corners were too close to an edge and so had to disable all loops to get round this.
by mancavedweller
Mon Dec 02, 2019 11:02 am
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: extra cut line
Replies: 5
Views: 1169

Re: extra cut line

It's most likely from the file you brought into Sheetcam.

I have never had Sheetcam add anything by itself that was not in the file I imported.

Post your Sheetcam job file and the DXF or SVG file here for others to take a look.
by mancavedweller
Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:13 am
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Path Rules and Code Snippets
Replies: 11
Views: 4730

Re: Path Rules and Code Snippets

Fantastic, thank Les, that will do nicely.

Keith.
by mancavedweller
Fri Nov 29, 2019 10:50 am
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Path Rules and Code Snippets
Replies: 11
Views: 4730

Re: Path Rules and Code Snippets

mancavedweller wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:32 am
Les Newell wrote: Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:50 am I will look into adding an option to have rules insert the snippet before firing the torch.
Hi Les,

any update on this or is it still some time away.

Cheers,

Keith
Bump.
by mancavedweller
Thu Sep 26, 2019 12:02 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Path rule bug (on inside corners) ???
Replies: 17
Views: 4353

Re: Path rule bug (on inside corners) ???

Hi Les,

just downloaded the next update.

Thanks very much for the additional check box in the On Arcs rule. Just tried it and works perfect.

Keith
by mancavedweller
Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:06 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: Path rule bug (on inside corners) ???
Replies: 17
Views: 4353

Re: Path rule bug (on inside corners) ???

Apologies Les, my mistake.

I seen a user post about an update and thought that one had came out after you said that.

Keith