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  1. #1
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    How can I start milling in the middle of a Mach3 program run?

    Hi,
    I apologize if this has been brought up in the past. I did a search and could not easily find the answer to a Mach3 question.

    I recently ran a long g-code on my cnc router using Mach3. Around the middle of this long run, I had to stop running the program, jog the cutter away from the work piece to inspect cut piece.

    I became confused as to how to restart milling where I left off. I am now at different x/y/z from where I initiated the STOP.

    So rather than mess things up. I started from the beginning.

    Could somebody please tell me what I could have done differently?

    I did read the manual, but did not find the answer as well.

    6.2.7.8 Run from here
    Run from here performs a dummy run of the part program to establish what the modal state
    (G20/G21, G90/G91 etc.) should be and then prompts for a move to put the controlled point
    in the correct position to for the start of the line in Line Number. You should not attempt to
    Run from here in the middle of a subroutine.


    Thank you all in advance,

    Rod
    San Francisco

  2. #2
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    Type the line number in the Line Number DRO, and click "Run From Here".
    Gerry

    UCCNC 2017 Screenset
    http://www.thecncwoodworker.com/2017.html

    Mach3 2010 Screenset
    http://www.thecncwoodworker.com/2010.html

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  3. #3
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    Gerry,
    I worked like a charm!
    As usual, thank you for your help.

    Rod
    San Francisco

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