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  1. #1
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    Thumbs up EMC with a home built xyz & EdgeCam

    Hello I have a home built cnc xyz 3 d machine running EMC2. I have been using edgecam to generate my code and I am having some problems. the code snippet below is one:

    G20 G90 G40
    G10 (L2) P1 Z#4 R0.028 T00
    G10 L2 P1 X[0.0*#1] Y[0.0*#1] Z#4 (Top)

    will not run throws error message:

    line with G10 does not have L2

    When I had the L2 in brackets above to show you not in the code with brackets I get the following error:

    R word with no g code that uses it

    Is there a machine definintion file I could use to plug in to Edgecam to make these errors go away. I have tried to edit my own based on the Fanus definition file but I am wasy over my head with this even though I have made some progress I seem to be at an impass.

  2. #2
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    R is not listed as an argument to G10 according to the manual. The options as I see them:

    1) Ask EdgeCam for a custom post
    2) Try a different included post (Generic Fanuc possibly?)
    3) Create your own post (EdgeCam has a wizard for this?)
    4) Hope another EdgeCam+EMC user spots this
    5) Continue to hand edit

    You could also try the emc-users-mailinglist which would increase the odds for #4.

    edit/ It never hurts to google
    http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Cam_Post

    edit/edit/ The issue might also be avoidable by choosing different options while using the CAM . Most of my programs simply use G54, EMC's default.
    Anyone who says "It only goes together one way" has no imagination.

  3. #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by cyclestart View Post
    R is not listed as an argument to G10 according to the manual. The options as I see them:

    1) Ask EdgeCam for a custom post
    2) Try a different included post (Generic Fanuc possibly?)
    3) Create your own post (EdgeCam has a wizard for this?)
    4) Hope another EdgeCam+EMC user spots this
    5) Continue to hand edit

    You could also try the emc-users-mailinglist which would increase the odds for #4.

    edit/ It never hurts to google
    http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Cam_Post

    edit/edit/ The issue might also be avoidable by choosing different options while using the CAM . Most of my programs simply use G54, EMC's default.

    OK I 'll try the files from the link and let you know. Thanks for the help

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