HeeksCad/CNC help needed

I have a heeks image file that I generated Gcode for using Heekscnc. The image is fine and is dimensionally accruate but after I generate the Gcode and load it into EMC2 it just looks like a bunch of garbage. I'm sure I not doing something correclty but just don't know what it is. I'l like to send the file to one of the guys that uses heeksCad/CNC just to see what they come up with when they try and generate the Gcode from HeeksCNC.

I have selected the EMC parameter in Heeks for generating Gcode specific to EMC so I'm sure that part is correct. Anyone willing to give this a try for me? I'll send the heeks file and the gcode it generated and hopefully someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks

Could you post or upload the file somewhere? Give us a screen shot of what it looks like in Heeks and Axis, if you can.

Dan

Dan I was hoping you'd respond since you seem to be having success with it. Here's the Gcode file that I open on axis. Does it need the % at the begining and ending of the file for axis to display it properly or is it ok as it is? I'll capture a the screen shots from both HeeksCad and EMC2 when I get home from work.

Thanks,

(Test program)
N10 G90 (Absolute Coordinates)
N20 G20 (Imperial Values)
N30 G17 (Select XY Plane)
N40 (Feeds and Speeds set for machining Mild Steel)
N50 G10 L1 P1 R0.059 Z0.591
N60 G10 L1 P2 R0.059 Z0.591
N70 G10 L1 P3 R0.059 Z0.591
N80 G10 L1 P4 R0.059 Z0.591
N90 G10 L1 P5 R0.059 Z0.591
N100 G10 L1 P6 R0.197 Z1.968
N110 G10 L1 P7 R0.250 Z5.000
N120 G10 L1 P8 R0.079 Z0.787
N130 G10 L1 P9 R0.394 Z3.937
N140 G10 L1 P10 R0.125 Z1.250
N150 (G54)
N160 G54 (Select Relative Coordinate System)
N170 (tool change to 1/4 inch Carbide End Mill)
N180 T10 M06
N190 (20)
N200 G00 X0.05906 Y-0.06594 S19404.0 M03
N210 G00 Z0.07874
N220 G01 Z-0.03937 F3.93701
N230 G03 X0.00000 Y-0.12500 I-0.05906 J0.00000 F34.67244
N240 G01 X0.16000 Y-0.12500 F34.67244
N250 G03 X0.28500 Y0.00000 I0.00000 J0.12500 F34.67244
N260 G01 X0.28500 Y0.08000 F34.67244
N270 G03 X0.27047 Y0.13849 I-0.12500 J0.00000 F34.67244
N280 G01 X0.18047 Y0.30849 F34.67244
N290 G03 X0.07000 Y0.37500 I-0.11047 J-0.05849 F34.67244
N300 G01 X0.00000 Y0.37500 F34.67244
N310 G03 X-0.12500 Y0.25000 I0.00000 J-0.12500 F34.67244
N320 G01 X-0.12500 Y0.00000 F34.67244
N330 G03 X0.00000 Y-0.12500 I0.12500 J0.00000 F34.67244
N340 G03 X-0.05906 Y-0.06594 I0.00000 J0.05906 F34.67244
N350 G00 Z0.50000
N360 (18)
N370 G00 X0.22594 Y0.05906
N380 G00 Z0.07874
N390 G01 Z-0.03937 F3.93701
N400 G03 X0.28500 Y0.00000 I-0.00000 J-0.05906 F34.67244
N410 G01 X0.28500 Y0.08000 F34.67244
N420 G03 X0.03500 Y0.08000 I-0.12500 J0.00000 F34.67244
N430 G01 X0.03500 Y0.00000 F34.67244
N440 G03 X0.28500 Y0.00000 I0.12500 J0.00000 F34.67244
N450 G03 X0.22594 Y-0.05906 I-0.05906 J0.00000 F34.67244
N460 G00 Z0.50000
N470 (8)
N480 G00 X0.21906 Y-0.06594
N490 G00 Z0.07874
N500 G01 Z-0.03937 F3.93701
N510 G03 X0.16000 Y-0.12500 I-0.05906 J0.00000 F34.67244
N520 G01 X0.59500 Y-0.12500 F34.67244
N530 G03 X0.72000 Y0.00000 I0.00000 J0.12500 F34.67244
N540 G01 X0.72000 Y0.25000 F34.67244
N550 G03 X0.59500 Y0.37500 I-0.12500 J0.00000 F34.67244
N560 G01 X0.07000 Y0.37500 F34.67244
N570 G03 X-0.04047 Y0.19151 I0.00000 J-0.12500 F34.67244
N580 G01 X0.03500 Y0.04895 F34.67244
N590 G01 X0.03500 Y0.00000 F34.67244
N600 G03 X0.16000 Y-0.12500 I0.12500 J0.00000 F34.67244
N610 G03 X0.10094 Y-0.06594 I0.00000 J0.05906 F34.67244
N620 G00 Z0.50000
N630 (19)
N640 G00 X0.19065 Y0.16305
N650 G00 Z0.07874
N660 G01 Z-0.03937 F3.93701
N670 G03 X0.27047 Y0.13849 I0.02763 J-0.05219 F34.67244
N680 G01 X0.18047 Y0.30849 F34.67244
N690 G03 X-0.04047 Y0.19151 I-0.11047 J-0.05849 F34.67244
N700 G01 X0.04953 Y0.02151 F34.67244
N710 G03 X0.27047 Y0.13849 I0.11047 J0.05849 F34.67244
N720 G03 X0.24591 Y0.05866 I-0.05219 J-0.02763 F34.67244
N730 G00 Z0.50000
N740 (12)
N750 G00 X0.66094 Y0.05906
N760 G00 Z0.07874
N770 G01 Z-0.03937 F3.93701
N780 G03 X0.72000 Y0.00000 I0.00000 J-0.05906 F34.67244
N790 G01 X0.72000 Y0.25000 F34.67244
N800 G03 X0.47000 Y0.25000 I-0.12500 J0.00000 F34.67244
N810 G01 X0.47000 Y0.00000 F34.67244
N820 G03 X0.72000 Y0.00000 I0.12500 J0.00000 F34.67244
N830 G03 X0.66094 Y-0.05906 I-0.05906 J-0.00000 F34.67244
N840 G00 Z0.50000
N850 (13)
N860 G00 X0.65406 Y-0.06594
N870 G00 Z0.07874
N880 G01 Z-0.03937 F3.93701
N890 G03 X0.59500 Y-0.12500 I-0.05906 J-0.00000 F34.67244
N900 G01 X0.69500 Y-0.12500 F34.67244
N910 G03 X0.82000 Y0.00000 I0.00000 J0.12500 F34.67244
N920 G01 X0.82000 Y0.25000 F34.67244
N930 G03 X0.69500 Y0.37500 I-0.12500 J0.00000 F34.67244
N940 G01 X0.59500 Y0.37500 F34.67244
N950 G03 X0.47000 Y0.25000 I0.00000 J-0.12500 F34.67244
N960 G01 X0.47000 Y0.00000 F34.67244
N970 G03 X0.59500 Y-0.12500 I0.12500 J0.00000 F34.67244
N980 G03 X0.53594 Y-0.06594 I0.00000 J0.05906 F34.67244
N990 G00 Z0.50000
N1000 (7)
N1010 G00 X0.76094 Y0.05906
N1020 G00 Z0.07874
N1030 G01 Z-0.03937 F3.93701
N1040 G03 X0.82000 Y0.00000 I-0.00000 J-0.05906 F34.67244
N1050 G01 X0.82000 Y0.25000 F34.67244
N1060 G03 X0.57000 Y0.25000 I-0.12500 J0.00000 F34.67244
N1070 G01 X0.57000 Y0.00000 F34.67244
N1080 G03 X0.82000 Y0.00000 I0.12500 J0.00000 F34.67244
N1090 G03 X0.76094 Y-0.05906 I-0.05906 J0.00000 F34.67244
N1100 G00 Z0.50000
N1110 M02

John,
So you can see the image of the part inside Axis? All I see is a small area of garbage at the point where x y and z are zero and then the shape of a LARGE rectangle. I'll post an image up of what I'm seeing. Like I said I know I'm doing something wrong but don't know what.

Thanks

Here's the screen capture of Heeks.

Here's copy of the screen shot from EMC after the run. In watching the process it's cutting the image FLAT for some reason. I have no idea what can be causing this.

Here another view and it is definitely cutting my drawing flat.

I might be wrong, but it looks like you have a bunch of different sketches that are made of different line segments. This makes it look like the paths are all going around the separate line segments- kind of like they are doing an outside profile around a stick. You can combine line segments into a common sketch and then order them. Are you trying to cut channels out of a solid block? Maybe think about creating a solid and then do some other solids to subtract from it. Then you might be able to approach the part with some other machining strategies.

I might be totally wrong on this. Let me know if I am.

Thanks,
Dan

Yes that's what I've done as far as having a bunch of sketches. I'll try to combine the line segments into a common sketch and order them as you suggested and then report back. Thanks man it makes sense now.

Dave

I was able to figure it out after playing with it a while. Basically I had to click on ONE sketch at a time (which I didn't know) and then set up the profile for each one. Man this thing is finicky. I'm sure there is another way to do this but I'm not sure if solids will work. I couldn't save the solid object as a dxf file though. According to my understanding of Heeks it has to be a sketch to create dxf files. I'm guessing solids can be saved as stl files then?