N0100 ;Process: Zigzag pocket 0, Mill/Router, 5.98 mm diameter, 18 mm Deep
N0110 G00 Z-24.7000
N0120 X120.2707 Y39.5183
N0130 Z-28.2000
N0140 G01 Z-31.7000 F200
N0150 X100.8357 F+('.'-,+'.
N0160 Y36.5283

Whats the F+('.'-,+'. all about? :confused:

Post pro turbocnc v4

John

Well not to sure what that was all about. I have sorted the problem now.

Some how Sheetcam had two layer sixes and no layer nine; changed one of the layer sixes to nine and this has sorted problem.

Some times think PC’s have a poor sense of humour. (chair) the blue icon being my PC. That cost me two hours work.

John.

What version of SheetCam are you using?

There was a bug in the post processor system that caused strange text like that if it tried to output really huge numbers.

Les

Hi Les,

Its Sheetcam version 2.0.3 evaluation.

I got a 30 licence from you a while back but did not get time to uses it. Thought it would work for a 30 day period from when ever you started using it, did not realise it was date based.
While I have your attention one thing I have noticed is; when I have two spiral pockets one at each end of the part and both on the same layer it always seems to go to the furthest away one first and then comes all the way back to do the other. Is there a way to control this without putting them on separate layers?

The other thing is, say I zipzag a pocket in the corner of a part, there seems no way to control which corner it will start from and it usually works from the inside out so leaving an unsupported area which would get broken off by the cutter instead of being cut. Is there away around this?

John

Hi John,

Pocketing can be a bit unpredictable. V3.1.1 has a few fixes in this area and you may find it better. I f you drop me an email i'll give you another eval license. so you can experiment properly.

Les