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  1. #1
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    alphacam advanced router help needed

    ok ive built a cnc from scratch its a 3 axis and i'm using some cheap stepper motors and a chinese controller to.... well control it. it works quite well really, i'm having a problem with the whole drawing stuff for the machine to cut jobbie. basically i'd like to do some photos for the family, ive worked out how to turn them into a height map but i cant seem to get the damn thing to change that into something that resembles g-code. can someone please hold my hand and walk me through this as i feel like i'm banging my head against a wall here. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance kaighn.

  2. #2
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    Ive been using AlphaCam Advanced Router V5 and V7.5 for about 3 years and still havnt figured that part of it out. Theres a guy here on the forum that has help me a few times with AlphaCam... his username is "FrankCNC". Send him a PM.

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    Buy Photo V Carve from Vectric. Far simpler than doing anything in AlphaCAM.
    Gerry

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  4. #4
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    Help with AlphaCAM

    I can have a crack at helping out.
    PM me so we can discuss what you are thinking of doing and how detailed you want to be.
    I program and run a Komo 510 Machextream with AlphaCAM R2.

  5. #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Otterpaw View Post
    I can have a crack at helping out.
    PM me so we can discuss what you are thinking of doing and how detailed you want to be.
    I program and run a Komo 510 Machextream with AlphaCAM R2.
    im running a home built machine think i may have to buy a licence though as i'm only getting the 500 lines of code and i need something like 22k

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    What version of Alpha are you using?
    Your post processor is likely the problem though, as if its not set up right for your controller ACAM won't produce the right G-code.
    Have you got your machine doing basic 2D operations ok?

  7. #7
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    If you are using Mach 3 with out a license you will be limited to 500 lines.
    If you need a Alphacam post for Mach 3 I have few to choose from.
    The one you use is going to depend on how you have your machine setup.
    Let me know if I can help. :-)

  8. #8
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    i've got the machine doing 3d work in xyz but without the license i have to bust each thing into 500 line segments then load and run each one in turn which is a pita so yeah need license asap.

  9. #9
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    i work in alphacam 2010, on a 5-axis machine. unfortunatelly, i never worked with what you need, but can offer any help with 5-axis machining

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