CNC-Zeus

[jstuedle]

Does anyone use CNC Zeus? Its a Dos level program, just got it, wanting pros/cons, general advice. TIA.

[fattuna]

hey john, trying zeus on my new machine but not to sure i set it up correctly. let me know how its working for you will do the same.

pierre
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[NeoMoses]

I'm using it and so far I'm happy. I think it's a bit better than TurboCNC 3.1a. I haven't tried out TurboCNC 4 yet, though. I do like the work offsets. I haven't done much with tool offsets yet, though.

[Aksess]

I have been using cnczeus for about 4-5 mo now and like it pretty good so far, I had a problem with it reconising a g-code generated from another program but all I did was post the problem on their web sight and they fixed it fast.

[CNCRob]

Can anyone tell me how big the full current version of cnczeus is? I mean the file size. Thanks-Robbie

[Aksess]

Version 1.79 is 524kb the zipp that is

[CNCRob]

Thanks Aksess for answering my question, after it is unzipped will it fit on a 1.44mb floppy.

[Aksess]

Yes unzipped it is still only 873 kb

[CNCRob]

I have been using cnczeus for about 4 or 5 months now and really like it. I do have one question about it maybe someone can answer. At work when we do a program it automaticly has the fixture depth and panel size in it, so the machine knows where the wood is without haveing to zero the z-axis on top of the wood. Im guess the machine is setup so that it knows exactly how far the spindle is from the table top. Does anyone know of a way I can setup cnczeus at home to do the same thing. Thanks- Robbie

[CNCRob]

After about a day and a half of digging through my machine at work I finely figured out how the machine knows where to set the zero at. There is a file in the system directory called G401, It has all the measurements of all the heads in it( i mean the measurement from the bottom of the collect to the table for each head). In each of our programs it calls for the G401 file. I still don't know if anything like this is possible in CNCZeus. If you have any ideal please let me know. Thanks- Robbie

[ger21]

Rob, our machine at work similarly. The thickness of the part is in the g-code file, with Z+ going down into the part. Z=0 is the top of the part.

What you could do, if you're machine has a home switch on Z, is set it up to home so the table top is Z=0. You'll need to home it away from the table so you don't hit it. Then set up you're CAM software to output a G54 to change the Z = 0 to the top of you're workpiece. Or just add the G54 yourself. Just a thought.