dxf2gcode and tool diameter offsets
08 Oct 2011 17:26 #13781
by steeley
dxf2gcode and tool diameter offsets was created by steeley
I been trying to figure out how to compensate for the tool diameter in dxf2gcode - changing the start radius doesn't appear
to do anything. Can I just ignore this and set it in emc2?(g41 maybe?)
to do anything. Can I just ignore this and set it in emc2?(g41 maybe?)
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10 Oct 2011 10:52 #13795
by andypugh
Replied by andypugh on topic Re:dxf2gcode and tool diameter offsets
steeley wrote:
I seem to recall that it was a bug that got fixed.
Probably not, as you need to know which side of the line you are cutting to use G41, and that might be hard to figure out from the G-code.Can I just ignore this and set it in emc2?(g41 maybe?)
I seem to recall that it was a bug that got fixed.
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10 Oct 2011 20:07 #13815
by steeley
Replied by steeley on topic Re:dxf2gcode and tool diameter offsets
Pretty much given up with this, I thought I had something working but all I get in emc2 is the error " length of cutter compensation entry move is not greater than the tool tool radius"
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10 Oct 2011 20:46 #13817
by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Re:dxf2gcode and tool diameter offsets
After you "turn on" cutter compensation you have to move a distance longer than the cutter diameter for the currently loaded too. This is the move that positions the cutter to one side of the line.
John
John
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11 Oct 2011 07:56 #13821
by Rick G
Replied by Rick G on topic Re:dxf2gcode and tool diameter offsets
Have you looked here?
www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/gcode_tool_compensation.html
Section 1.3 and 1.3.1.2 Programming Entry Moves
Rick G
www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/gcode_tool_compensation.html
Section 1.3 and 1.3.1.2 Programming Entry Moves
Rick G
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11 Oct 2011 08:55 #13822
by steeley
Replied by steeley on topic Re:dxf2gcode and tool diameter offsets
Thanks for the info guys..
I do understand this, and for some reason its probably going wrong in dxf2gcode.
For now I can just add half the tool width to the dimensions in the CAD drawing.
I do understand this, and for some reason its probably going wrong in dxf2gcode.
For now I can just add half the tool width to the dimensions in the CAD drawing.
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11 Oct 2011 10:45 #13824
by Rick G
That is what I often do, draw a line in the CAD drawing parallel to the line I want to cut offset by 1/2 the tool diameter when the tool size is known.
Rick G
Replied by Rick G on topic Re:dxf2gcode and tool diameter offsets
For now I can just add half the tool width to the dimensions in the CAD drawing.
That is what I often do, draw a line in the CAD drawing parallel to the line I want to cut offset by 1/2 the tool diameter when the tool size is known.
Rick G
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