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Deftware4 years ago

Hi Doug,

Glad to help! Okay here's the post I made that hopefully resolves the issue. It produces G-code that matches that of the working code you sent, so if there's still an issue with the soft limits it likely is a machine origin type issue (zero on your machine doesn't match where you have the origin set in PixelCNC, for example).

Download the post here: RichAuto (Metric).txt If it doesn't download and instead opens up in the browser you should be able to right-click and Save As to save it to the posts folder in your PixelCNC directory.

Let me know how it goes :)

 Charlie

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DJL544 years ago(+1)

Hi Charlie,

The post processor worked!  Thank you so much.  Now I am palying with the origins and canvass size and importing a jpg to see how I manage with the program.  Looking at one of your videos (horizontal roughing and parallel finishing)  it seems that I just load a jpg, set a few parameters, create tools and operations and am good to go.  Seems too easy?

Doug 

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Deftware4 years ago

Glad to hear it! I'll be including that post in the next build of PixelCNC that's released :)

Yup, setup your canvas properties - and remember that it's an XYZ volume within which toolpaths are generated, so if you don't need your cuts to be deeper than a certain amount then you generally don't need a Z-size that's larger than that.

Load up any images/models you want to composite on your canvas, you can rotate, size, and scale by selecting the layer and left/right click-drag the little circle handles that appear, or directly edit the layer's properties on the right-side, including how layers blend together - blending from the bottom up so that a layer's blend mode affects how it composites with everything below it (in terms of how they're ordered in the layers list on the left-side of the window).

Setup your tool(s) and then create your operations to generate toolpaths. Remember to consider your operation parameters carefully, there's still a little work to be done to "shield" the user from entering bad values. After you have a toolpath generated you can go into simulation mode and see what your cuts will look like.

Let me know how it goes!

Charlie

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