Sorry for the vague language, it's tough because different controllers seem to use different flavors of the command. In general, G64 should set "blended path mode" or something similar in contrast to...
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Sorry for the vague language, it's tough because different controllers seem to use different flavors of the command. In general, G64 should set "blended path mode" or something similar in contrast to...
For the smooth motion issue, checkout G61 and G64 for exact stop mode and cancel exact stop. My machine did the same thing and I had to make sure I wasn't in exact stop mode so that it would look...
What kind of machine / controller are you using? Any chance the machine is trying to do some sort of radius compensation that MadCam is already handling?
Do you have the tool number, feed rates and spindle speed specified in the cutter library for the bit you're using?
I just tested this again and the 5th axis shows the same behavior as well
It looks like this explains a couple of mystery crashes I've had in the past. I don't know why I'm all of a sudden seeing...
I'm still using version 5 of MadCam and have just noticed some strange behavior. When doing 5 axis indexed toolpaths, if the last toolpath before a tool change has the same 4th axis value as the next...
In case anyone else runs into this, I guess I had the whole thing kind of inside out and backwards. After looking at everything again, I changed my config as shown below and it seems to simulate and...
I haven't submitted anything to Joakim yet because I had hoped it was a simple error I was making. I have to use the pre-release version because that's the only one that will run on Windows 10. I'm...
I wanted to add a diagram showing the rotational axis orientations since I'm not sure my post was clear enough. Here is a diagram...
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I have what I would think would be a pretty common machine setup but I'm having a heck of a time getting the configuration to work in Madcam. I have a 5 axis DMS router with a B/C head. B axis tilts...