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  1. 01-08-2009, 04:54 AM #1
    Danno
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    What is the limitation of the free version of Mach3

    I am planning on buying a license, but I would like to know what differences I should expect. I know the free version is limited to about 200 lines of G-code, but there must be more. Thanks
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  2. 01-08-2009, 02:02 PM #2
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    Hi Dan,
    Free license are limited to 500 lines of Gcode. Mach3 has a limit of 10,000,000 lines of Gcode even after licensing

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  3. 01-08-2009, 03:02 PM #3
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    Is that all?
    One would think that more options would be unlocked by purchasing a license.
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  4. 01-08-2009, 03:11 PM #4
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    It's actually now 250 lines. Also, you can't do threading in Turn mode. The Wiki used to list the limitations, but the list is no longer there. There's a few other minor things as well, but I can't recall them.

    Also, LazyCAM can only export 50 lines of code if mach3 is in demo mode.
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  5. 01-09-2009, 09:56 PM #5
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    Is there a reason that it is limited to 10 million lines? It it to not overload the memory?

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