Edmund,
I always create a New Folder for my current project and keep all related files there. Create a new folder inside that folder to put obsolete stuff (to cleanup mistakes).
Inside the clipboard you should have Line 1 something like this:
T02 PATH1 (select tool 2 ; run path1)
-Close the clipboard, and select POST (Tahlcam-Post-Post Pgm)
-In the post dialog box, Enter the post filename. Save In will be the folder you have the drawing in. I always keep that default location. (my current project folder)
The default filename extension is .nc (you can change if you want)
-Hit the save button.
-A "Select Post to view" dialog box will appear. You can click the filename you just created and view the post using wordpad.
Hello Bill, Edmund here, I have just completed a small drawing and run it with Tahlcam cutviewer everything went very well, I created a path including a sink and posted into a text file as nc, I opened it up in Mach3 the Gcode is there but there is no path on the screen, it is blank, when I start the Gcode program in Mach3 a error sign appears at bottom of mach screen it says bad character used on line number #1,
Im using Fanuc post in tahlcam, do you think that could be the problem, (not compatapal with mach?), I have tried editing the code but had no luck,
Bill, something else now, I did have the clipboard visible with the program showing in the left column ie: T02 PATH1 SINK1, I clicked on the small x at top and it vanished of the screen, now I cant bring it back on,
Edmund,
I've been away from a computer for a few days, hope you have solved your problems by now. If not:
I don't use Mach3 (my wife to would not get it for me for Christmas) You may be able to get help in that forum. If you post the first few lines of code here, maybe I can see the problem.
What post defination are you using in Tahlcam (.def file). What editor are you using to edit the code?
To get the Clipboard back, Select from menu Tahlcam->Open Last Clipboard.
(to get the "Run Clipboard" back start Tahlcam again.
Hello Bill, sorry for the delay, no I have not solved the problem, what I have done is do a new drawing as a dxf and loaded into Mach so I could finish the job, but I would like some help with the original in tahlcam so that I can learn, I really like TahlCam and the way it works inside Autocad,
If its ok with you, I would like to send the dwg producing code in TahlCam, also the final code in Mach which is in notepad after loading TahlCam into mach, I cycle start
but the prog stops at line #25 informing error zero radius arc and the prog stops at that point, also there is no toolpath visible in Mach,
Post definition?, would that be Fanuc?,......Editor?, would that be NotePad?.
Please let me know about sending the dwg, and the G-code?,
To get a few items from email posted on this thread:
Your post (.def) file is probably located in this folder:
"c:\Program Files\TahlCAM2K4"
(you may want to make a copy before editing)
To edit your post (def) file:
-After starting Tahlcam within Autocad,
-select the menu "TahLCAM-Post-Edit Post Def"
-in the Post Editor, click "Open" and select the post .def file you are using. (Open that file)
-In the Sections box, select main category to edit (ie Post Readability)
-In the Settings box, select specific item (Pos-No)
(description will tell you what that item does)
-In the Setting Value Box, change value to what you need. (hit enter)
-Save the file, you might want to hit SAVE AS and name it *.def
Similar to editing the post def,
The tahlcam.ini file has some default items that you also might want to change (such as scale of the datum and other objects.) To edit that:
(make backup of tahlcam.ini before editing)
-select the menu: "Tahlcam-Setup Options"
-In the Sections box, select category you want (ie Object Scale)
-In the Settings box, select specific item (datumscale)
(description will tell you what that item does)
-In the Setting Value Box, change value to what you need. (hit enter)
-This file will save as tahlcam.ini so a backup will be important.
The ini file will only change drawing defaults when a new session is started.
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