Hi everyone,
I have a quick question. In the machine manual it says that after referencing, the toolpath screen of mach 3 should show the limits of the machine. Mine does not, any idea why? Is there an option somewhere to check to make that happen?
Christian
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Thank you Magnum for your suggestion. Unfortunately, it does not work for me. I see the tool path but no limit. Can anyone tell me what I am suppose to see after referencing? I mean how are the limits drawn in the toolpath window?
C.
I thought the limits of the machine was the grayed out area? If I can I will try and get a screenshot tonight. But around all of my parts is a slightly darker area, which I assumed was the machine limits.
edit:.. Or perhaps that is the part extents... Can tell tonight for sure.
Ok, I looked at it again today and I think the soft limits are improperly set up. More specifically, I think they are set up for the 1100. After homing mine, I can click on "display mode" and I do get a rectangle that seems to reproduce the table but it is bigger than it should, meaning I hit the limit on one side of each x and y axis too early. Now the question is how do we change these soft limits on the Tormach version of Mach 3. Anyone knows?
C.
I contacted Tormach tonight and they replied immediately. And apparently my guess was correct, they forgot to update the soft limits when adapting the 1100 version of mach 3 to the one for the 770. They will release an updated version with this issue corrected in a few months. They also told me that if I could not wait, I could send them my configuration file and they would update it for me. This is not a big deal for me so I'll just wait but good to know.
Christian
Good to know.....