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Lesson learned. I need to use a bit more finesse when drawing. I normally just crash right in and fix things as I go as needed otherwise it can do your head in. It still seems crazy to me to have all...

Hi burrman, someone, jrmach I think, said you would be the man to ask.

yes you are right abouth the geometry but given these are simply lines (2d) I assumed that bobcad would have no need or...

Nice work mmoe, it's always great to put the drawing alongside an exact copy in the real world.

I see exactly what you mean about the tracks, yes a good way to do this. I will be aware of the way...

Yes compensation off.

I picked them with a window as on the actual product there are around 200 lines, on my test dummy I only have 10 us much easier to select one at a time.

Will give it a try...

Ok JR, I just did a test.

With profile I tried all the sorting options x,y and closest. Different tool paths but still the return trip as a travel move.

So I drew a new drawing. The first line...

Cheers JR, I should just pm you directly, lol.
i can post a file at the mo, on iPad, don't ask!

to be perfectly honest I should have had the board etched but it's just so much fun cncing stuff....

Ok so I setup a wee engraving job cutting some tracks in some pcb board. It's basically a whole series of parallel small cuts with 1mm between them. When I run the job it cuts one slot then travels...

well put rob, you hit the nail on the head
when we have already forked out its a bit too much

personally, i am looking at deskproto now, as a private hobbyist they have great rates

I have just...

hi amos

i bought a milling machine and then retrofitted the cnc stuff. I am using a chinese stepper motor setup from Longs, runs well and i keep making tweaks to improve it. The milling setup is...

That's cool.
Make sure that your origin point is in the lower left corner, if you don't you are likely to get mirror image products. I have seem this happen on 3d printers, funny when people get a...

Ok, so I bought v24 19 November 2011 for a four axis use but after asking why I couldn't get predator to work I was told that it's not really 4 axis. So I upgraded to v25 1 December 2012. Still...

Cheers burr

Looks like I have never had the correct licence as I paid extra to have the predator sim. You are right about the v24 SIMM, sad!

The sim in 25 is a huge improvement but I will still...

Hi Cody

Got mine from china, the big ones, longs motors. The whole setup has been great, motors, controllers, breakout board and power supplies. Mine are the largest ones they make, about 5 kg...

Hi Amos


Been there! I am newish and self taught so I hope I use the correct terminology here.

Double check to see that your estop is not jammed on. If it is mach3 will tell you it can't reset...

Reply to my own post on post processors, lol

Ok, if you go into the bobcad data directory, open posts then mill and you get a list of the post setups. I opened the one that works but in inches...

Show me the horse too.

Yep it's licences through bobcad.

I can run he demos but cannot open a new file from the file menu.

Is it possible there is some problem with the licence through bobcad?
I just went back to...

I have always had issues with the cad side of bobcad, it's I bizarre interface and feels weird. I use rhino and love it. That said the cam side of rhino is expensive so I use bob just for cam. It's...

I am running v25, much better simulation than v24 but can't get predator to run simulations for me. I have all the header info coming through in my posts.

anyone out there using predator? Would be...

I have had similar issues. I upgraded from v23 to v24 to get better simulations, I could never get predator to run properly. Anyway the pp set seems to have changed between version somehow. I run...

cheers Rob and mmoe

problem - RESOLVED
it was in the limits set on the multi axis section. I had looked here but just didnt click that was the area.

I knew it was something simple. I must...

Hi jr
Spoke to you on the other site, thanks for directing me here.

Ok, I am using the standard axis settings. I am using mm so the settings should allow 10160mm in each direction. I have just...

I have been using v24 happily for ages (apart from the useless simulation) then upgraded to 25. Just recently tried to process a larger job. i am having problems running simulation on large parts. i...