tool path errors

[Robert Ouellette]

hello all

i am having problems posting an old program made in V7. we are a waterjet company so it is not a complex program just lots and lots of itti bitti parts nested together. It is the canadian coat of arms. and the problem i am having is when i repost in V8 it is cutting little tiny cicles on the tool path that are not supposed to be there. when i look at the output code i dont see any thing wrong. and when i look at the chain in v8 nothing wrong either. i just upgraded the computer and i have not reinstalled V7 yet, so i can not try reposting from there.i did not make the original program. it was made more than 3 yrs ago. my boss would really like this fixed. so far what i have had to do is redraw each part that is corrupt. and like i said they are itti bitti little parts and hundreds of them too. and more than half are bad. i am hoping some one here can help. I can post the file on the ftp tomorrow evening if that could help. forgot to bring it home with me tonight. do not have highspeed at work .

 

TIA

BOB

HYDROTECH CUTTING

[Eeyore-nonhuman forum member]

To avoid this tiny circles try to deselect Line in -line ouy

HTH

ETHH

[PE @ IHS]

Have you contacted tech support at Inhouse? I am in Ottawa next week, so let me know if there is anything I can do while in town to help.

 

How did you update your post from V7 to V8?

 

Please email [email protected] or me directly.

[Robert Ouellette]

i am not using lead in- lead out. i am not sure how we updated the post. i was not with the company when they changed from V7 to V8. as far as i know it is the same post not updated. because when i started there in january the old computer i had had both versions on it and i used the same post for them. How do i update the post? it is a very simple post only xy outputs and water on off. no z or canned cycles

 

Bob

HYDROTECH CUTTING

[Robert Ouellette]

If you like Peter while you are in town you could stop by and i could show you what happens. so far i have only had the problem on this one file. but it is a repeat job fairly often but not often enough to start over from scratch. could be a hundred hours or more to restart from original eps file.

BOB

HYDROTECH CUTTING

[Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC]

Bob,

If you can still get to the old computer then go into the mill8 dir and get the mill.cfg file.

 

Also I'm thinking that your chain tolerance may have something to do with it.

To check that:

 

main menu-toolpaths-contour-chain-options-(at bottom set chain tolerance to .005 instead of .0001)-ok-pick chain and see what happens.

HTH

[Robert Ouellette]

Jimmy if i change the chain tolerance do i have to rechain all or just regen? i hope i dont have to rechain all there are hundreds of chains. both inside and outside. lots of places to mess up.

[Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC]

YOu should be able to just do a window round evrything on a water jet.

 

GOahead and try regen first though. (To set your chain tolerance for rregen go to screen configure tolerances.

[PE @ IHS]

Bob, please send the file to tech support with details of your problem. I can drop by to see if I can help next week if the problem is not solved by tech support.

 

[email protected]

 

thanks

[Doug Gabbey]

Bob,

I had the same problem.

I think I solved it by changing the system tolerance to .000001, I am sure it was a stting in the tolerances page.Let us know if that works.

 

Doug