A friend is building pool cues, and wanted to make some inlays, I sent him the program, but the machine won't read it. I used default machine and Fanuc control for post, I also used a Mach3 post that was created by someone on here, any help would be great. Thank you in advance. Rod.
Without seeing the code, it's hard to tell you why it's not working.
Thank you Gerry, Program attached.
What is meant exactly by 'wont read it'?
What are symptoms, if any.
BTW if you go advanced and use the # symbol, you can display the code.
AL.Code:%
O0000 (DIAMOND TEST PROFILE)
(MASTERCAM - V14.)
(MC9 FILE - T)
(POST - )
(MATERIAL - ALUMINUM INCH - 2024)
(PROGRAM - DIAMOND TEST PROFILE.NC)
(DATE - SEP-24-13)
(TIME - 08:42)
(POST DEV - NovaLab)
(NWDTOOL N" 1/32 FLAT ENDMILL" T1 D.0312 F.0312 L.0624 A45. CD.0624 CL.0312 SD.0624 C0)
(NWDSTOCK X0. Y0. Z0. OTC OX0. OY0. OZ0.)
N100 G00 G17 G20 G40 G49 G80 G90
N110 T1 M06 ( 1/32 FLAT ENDMILL)
N120 (MAX - Z1.)
N130 (MIN - Z-.125)
N140 G00 Z1.
N150 G00 X0. Y0. S1069 M03
N160 X-.6429 Y.4043
N170 Z.2
N180 G01 Z-.025 F6.42
N190 X-.6381 Y.3963
N200 G03 X-.6301 Y.3918 I.008 J.0048
N210 X-.6253 Y.393 I0. J.0093
N220 G01 X-.0168 Y.7581
N230 G02 X0. Y.7628 I.0168 J-.0279
N240 X.0168 Y.7581 I0. J-.0326
N250 G01 X1.2337 Y.028
N260 G02 X1.2496 Y0. I-.0167 J-.028
N270 X1.2337 Y-.028 I-.0326 J0.
N280 G01 X.0168 Y-.7581
N290 G02 X0. Y-.7628 I-.0168 J.0279
N300 X-.0168 Y-.7581 I0. J.0326
N310 G01 X-1.2337 Y-.028
N320 G02 X-1.2496 Y0. I.0167 J.028
N330 X-1.2337 Y.028 I.0326 J0.
N340 G01 X-.6253 Y.393
N350 G03 X-.6207 Y.4011 I-.0048 J.0081
N360 X-.622 Y.4059 I-.0094 J0.
N370 G01 X-.6269 Y.4139
N380 Z.175
N390 G00 Z.25
N400 X-.6429 Y.4043
N410 Z.175
N420 G01 Z-.05
N430 X-.6381 Y.3963
N440 G03 X-.6301 Y.3918 I.008 J.0048
N450 X-.6253 Y.393 I0. J.0093
N460 G01 X-.0168 Y.7581
N470 G02 X0. Y.7628 I.0168 J-.0279
N480 X.0168 Y.7581 I0. J-.0326
N490 G01 X1.2337 Y.028
N500 G02 X1.2496 Y0. I-.0167 J-.028
N510 X1.2337 Y-.028 I-.0326 J0.
N520 G01 X.0168 Y-.7581
N530 G02 X0. Y-.7628 I-.0168 J.0279
N540 X-.0168 Y-.7581 I0. J.0326
N550 G01 X-1.2337 Y-.028
N560 G02 X-1.2496 Y0. I.0167 J.028
N570 X-1.2337 Y.028 I.0326 J0.
N580 G01 X-.6253 Y.393
N590 G03 X-.6207 Y.4011 I-.0048 J.0081
N600 X-.622 Y.4059 I-.0094 J0.
N610 G01 X-.6269 Y.4139
N620 Z.15
N630 G00 Z.25
N640 X-.6429 Y.4043
N650 Z.15
N660 G01 Z-.075
N670 X-.6381 Y.3963
N680 G03 X-.6301 Y.3918 I.008 J.0048
N690 X-.6253 Y.393 I0. J.0093
N700 G01 X-.0168 Y.7581
N710 G02 X0. Y.7628 I.0168 J-.0279
N720 X.0168 Y.7581 I0. J-.0326
N730 G01 X1.2337 Y.028
N740 G02 X1.2496 Y0. I-.0167 J-.028
N750 X1.2337 Y-.028 I-.0326 J0.
N760 G01 X.0168 Y-.7581
N770 G02 X0. Y-.7628 I-.0168 J.0279
N780 X-.0168 Y-.7581 I0. J.0326
N790 G01 X-1.2337 Y-.028
N800 G02 X-1.2496 Y0. I.0167 J.028
N810 X-1.2337 Y.028 I.0326 J0.
N820 G01 X-.6253 Y.393
N830 G03 X-.6207 Y.4011 I-.0048 J.0081
N840 X-.622 Y.4059 I-.0094 J0.
N850 G01 X-.6269 Y.4139
N860 Z.125
N870 G00 Z.25
N880 X-.6429 Y.4043
N890 Z.125
N900 G01 Z-.1
N910 X-.6381 Y.3963
N920 G03 X-.6301 Y.3918 I.008 J.0048
N930 X-.6253 Y.393 I0. J.0093
N940 G01 X-.0168 Y.7581
N950 G02 X0. Y.7628 I.0168 J-.0279
N960 X.0168 Y.7581 I0. J-.0326
N970 G01 X1.2337 Y.028
N980 G02 X1.2496 Y0. I-.0167 J-.028
N990 X1.2337 Y-.028 I-.0326 J0.
N1000 G01 X.0168 Y-.7581
N1010 G02 X0. Y-.7628 I-.0168 J.0279
N1020 X-.0168 Y-.7581 I0. J.0326
N1030 G01 X-1.2337 Y-.028
N1040 G02 X-1.2496 Y0. I.0167 J.028
N1050 X-1.2337 Y.028 I.0326 J0.
N1060 G01 X-.6253 Y.393
N1070 G03 X-.6207 Y.4011 I-.0048 J.0081
N1080 X-.622 Y.4059 I-.0094 J0.
N1090 G01 X-.6269 Y.4139
N1100 Z.1
N1110 G00 Z.25
N1120 X-.6429 Y.4043
N1130 Z.1
N1140 G01 Z-.125
N1150 X-.6381 Y.3963
N1160 G03 X-.6301 Y.3918 I.008 J.0048
N1170 X-.6253 Y.393 I0. J.0093
N1180 G01 X-.0168 Y.7581
N1190 G02 X0. Y.7628 I.0168 J-.0279
N1200 X.0168 Y.7581 I0. J-.0326
N1210 G01 X1.2337 Y.028
N1220 G02 X1.2496 Y0. I-.0167 J-.028
N1230 X1.2337 Y-.028 I-.0326 J0.
N1240 G01 X.0168 Y-.7581
N1250 G02 X0. Y-.7628 I-.0168 J.0279
N1260 X-.0168 Y-.7581 I0. J.0326
N1270 G01 X-1.2337 Y-.028
N1280 G02 X-1.2496 Y0. I.0167 J.028
N1290 X-1.2337 Y.028 I.0326 J0.
N1300 G01 X-.6253 Y.393
N1310 G03 X-.6207 Y.4011 I-.0048 J.0081
N1320 X-.622 Y.4059 I-.0094 J0.
N1330 G01 X-.6269 Y.4139
N1340 Z.075
N1350 G00 Z1.
N1360 X0. Y0.
N1370 M05
N1380 G90
N1390 M30
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Great, good to know. I'm not sure what the symptoms are. I program and run big 50 taper horizontal CNC mills at work. I'm not sure what a Mach3 requires as far as editing the code. If someone could try this out, and let me know what changes to make, that would be great. It's just a simple diamond you can run a cardboard,lol.
I'd start by removing the tool change and any preparatory codes.
Mach3 has an exhaustive G-code reference that lists all the available codes and their syntax. Your friend should run the code, see where it faults, then investigate that part to see how it needs to be changed.
It loads and runs in Mach3 just fine for me.
Thank you very much, I'll have him check it.
Thank you Gerry, it must be something on his end.