I am trying to machine molds with complex 3d surfaces (generated in Solidworks). Dolphin 3d generates some nice looking toolpaths, they load into Mach3 without a hitch, and I can scroll through the g-code and watch the toolpath (which appears to be correct) on the Mach display. The part cuts beautifully for 10,000+ lines until it randomly makes a catastrophic z move and eats itself. I can't find the problem line in the code or by scrolling through the toolpath in mach, but it is wrecking the part before I can e-stop. Any ideas what I should look for? Is anyone using Dolphin 3d to produce complex geometry? HELP!!! |