Sheetcam and trying to generate spotting gcode.

rodw wrote:

phillc54 wrote:

I found the result from when we tested this some time back, with 500 materials the maximum time to change was 0.16 seconds. I don't "think" anything has changed in the meantime.

This is the error I'm getting on loading the file with magic comments

Using the post above

File Attachment:

File Name: hosemount2.ngc
File Size:2 KB

which does:

;begin material setup
 T0 M6 (select plasma tool)
 G43 H0 (apply tool offsets)
 (o=0, ph=4.1, pd=0, ch=4.1, fr=100, pe=0.5)
 F#<_hal[plasmac.cut-feed-rate]>
;end material setup

rodw wrote:

snowgoer540 wrote:

In the attached file, there are two different material magic comments in the same cut file.

I am curious, why would you want to have two different materials in the same cut file?

Just intrigued what the use case is for this.

Because one is a drilling operation for spotting on one layer and the other is a jet tool for plasma cutting.

Sheetcam loads a tool for each operation.

rodw wrote:

Well no cos it would not load as above.
But yes, that was the whole point as magic comments will let Sheetcam be the master of the materials with Les's post..

I think that would be expected behaviour from the post processor on a tool change for the second operation.
I didn't write the code, Les did!