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Gday, first of all, thanks in advance. For someone handy with script this is a simple thing, I am not handy with script!

The guy who made my CNC has written this script for the tool changer which...

To be honest it never got "solved", I just started eliminating the things that I discovered were making it error, for example if I hit pause on the remote at tool/program change times it'd crash, so...

I've actually just found where I was going wrong, so if anyone else is struggling with this, here is the solution:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC7l-IyRNyo

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I've been using Camworks for well over a year now and have a general grasp on the basics, however one thing I cannot work out what is happening is when I open a Solidworks assembly, Camworks...

It's really a strange thing. I've been experimenting a bit further and found I could save another hour by adding in an extra tool change, for ex, it'll run a 1.6mm bit for about five minutes, then I...

Yes thanks, this one was taken care of long ago.

I've been using a Legacy Finish and adjusting the tolerances to get it close to the edge.

For the most part it's working and it will reduce hours off my cutting time, but I have noticed it's a bit hit and miss.

As in, sometimes it'll generate a tool path for an area that the previous...

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I reread your post and I was missing the whole click on "..." part...

You my friend just changed my life, I could not thank you more. This simple little feature will save so much time...

I've been playing around with it for a while but each time I do it crashes out my PC. Pretty sure you've pointed me in the right direction, I just have to learn how to get it to work.

Here is the...

This "previous leftover" sounds like what I'm looking for, I'll look into that today.

Where abouts is that feature located? I've never noticed it before. (EDIT: I've found it, just trying to work...

I'm trying to cut down on cutting time and am hoping there is a feature that I'm yet to be able to workout

Just say for example you were cutting a star with some weird shaped islands and you...

Hey guys

Around eighteen months ago my business invested in an engineer to design and build a professional CNC router. We used this guy as he designs, builds and maintains machines for many...

I'm not near a PC to check it at the moment, but I'm guessing the difference might be the tapered holes in my model are at the bottom of a slight circular untapered extrusion which is hard up against...

I have a different machine, however I also had post processor issues and had to download the UPG program from CamWorks site and create my own post.

It took a fair bit of initial trial and error...

Thanks heaps for the reply, I was able to get your steps to work, I did have to replace the "face" with "core" and select "with cavities", but yes, I finally have managed to get a tool path to fit...

Thanks for the reply

I'll have another look at it tomorrow when I'm near CamWorks.

Cheers

I've been unable to get this to work, I keep getting the following error and don't understand how to rectify:

Toolpath not generated because there is no Contain Area or Avoid Area is larger than...

I have a few small tapered holes I need to route, but as it's not a job I'll be doing often I don't want to purchase a tapered reamer, I'd rather do it with a small router bit in several passes
...

Thanks guys for the replies.

I've managed to get the Open Profile to at least select the areas I need to cut whilst working within the "U" shape I needed, I just need to fine tune it now to get...

Wouldn't that result in a hell of a lot of air cutting?

Surely there's a way it can be programmed to cut in a U shape for a contour as opposed to a O shape?

What I'm trying to do is a contour cut on a guitar neck, but without cutting the headstock off as it was shaped in another process.

So think of it as a contour around a four sided box but I only...

I've just solved the issue and will post in case anyone else happens on the same problem.

Even though I'd edited the machine in the Tech Database, it turns out I also had to go into the Camworks...

Hello again

I'm always appreciative of the help you guys provide, I'm so glad I found this forum

During the week the engineer who built and setup the CNC has got the spindle controller card up...

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Today whilst trying to get the smoothstepper up and running we managed to overcome the earlier issues, however have encountered two new ones.

First is the "Running out of Data" error, I...

After messing around further it turns out I was not using the latest smoothstepper driver, which has solved the problem.

Thanks for the replies.

Thanks for the reply.

We had talked about that type of setup, but it's a lot of work to implement being that the machine is custom made, was hoping for something simpler.

I emailed Smoothstepper support yesterday but have not received a response so I'm hoping someone here knows how to solve my problem.

For the last two days I've been trying to install a new USB...

Hi guys, I'm hoping for someone smarter than me to chime in with some ideas that could solve my extraction problem.

When I had no tool changer a basic hood with brushes etc worked fine, however...

So far to date, everything has been one of, I'm never cutting the same piece twice in a row, however now moving to CNC operation I'm attempting to automate things a lot more for repeatability, but...

I still haven't been able to fix the start finish thing, but I did run this tool path today to see how smooth those angled cuts are and I'm very happy with the finish.

Now just to fix that start...