GearHeads Corner

Hi Art,

This communication will serve two functions:

1.  To see if I get a notification when a reply is given

2.  To get answers from questions asked in the below body of text

I am preparing to purchase my license for G-rotic2 so while my program was running I opened the tutorial that was dedicated to spur gears. From time to time I would pause the tutorial and switch to my program to make certain I could do the things being shown in the tutorial. Near the end of the tutorial, in that part which deals with printing a 1:1 image, I followed carefully emulating everything being done in the tutorial. Eventually I was stopped because I was not licensed to finalize printing. I understand why I was unable to proceed.

The final ?lesson? was on CNC. It directed me to press the CNC button (top right). I was particularly keen on learning that aspect of the program but the ?G2 stable program? that I have down-loaded does not have the CNC featured button (top right).

Will the CNC function magically appear when the program becomes licensed? Surely I am safe to assume that I will be able to generate G-Code via G2 program and run the code on my 4-axis machine???

Additionally, my machine is a wee bit different than the ?high dollar? CNC machines with regard to its controller. My machine defaults to Absolute thus it likes to ?run in Absolute?. This is not to say that it can?t run in Incremental. However, I am saying that *if* the program begins with Absolute then the entire program MUST be in Absolute. The controller becomes confused and the machine fails to run if a line of Incremental code is inserted / introduced while the rest of the program is Absolute. The reverse is also true. It is what it is and I have to work with that.

So is G-Code, which is generated by G2, written in Absolute or Incremental, or will I be faced with a mixture of both?

Thanks,

Harold

Hi Harold ( Hope you get thisone.. :) )

>>The final ?lesson? was on CNC. It directed me to press the CNC button (top right). I was particula rly keen on learning that aspect of the program but the ?G2 stable program? that I have down-loaded does not have the CNC featured button (top right).

  The cnc was changed recently Harold to a new workbench type of code. There is a new video for it. The video list is out of date on that video
link I think , and Ill fix that up. Here is the video link for the 4th CNC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv77x7I1qQs , there is also a new one for 3 axis cnc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0E18t_TIZk here.

>>Will the CNC function magically appear when the program becomes licensed? Surely I am safe to assume that I will be able to generate G-Code via G2 program and run the code on my 4-axis machine???

  Yes, you may. The buttons are there now and you can create the code before you license. You shoudl create some and simulate it so
your familiar with how it works. Ask anything if and when confused. The 4th axis is pretty easy to use when your familair with it, its probably easier than most software that generates a 4th axis path since its geared only to gears. :)

>>Additiona lly, my machine is a wee bit different than the ?high dollar? CNC machines with regard to its controlle r. My machine defaults to Absolute thus it likes to ?run in Absolute?. This is not to say that it can?t run in Increment al. However, I am saying that *if* the program begins with Absolute then the entire program MUST be in Absolute. The controlle r becomes confused and the machine fails to run if a line of Increment al code is inserted / introduce d while the rest of the program is Absolute. The reverse is also true. It is what it is and I have to work with that.

    This is no problem, The GCode is written in the for of Mach3 code, very general and should work on anything. There is also a postprocessor
file which can be edited to change axis letters and such.

>>So is G-Code, which is generated by G2, written in Absolute or Increment al, or will I be faced with a mixture of both?

  All code written in Gearotic is in Absolute line segment, it doesnt typically use arcs at all.

Thx
Art

ArtF wrote: Hi Harold ( Hope you get thisone.. :) )

Nope, it did not come through as a notification. I had to go to the Forum to learn that you answered my post. I am using IE 8 as my browser. Is it possible that IE 8 is causing the problem? With that being asked, I should state that all other Forums provide me with notification without fail. This would seem to indicate that the problem is strictly between this Forum and me since all others work. Is it possible that the problem is on my end and that I should somehow make "internal changes" in IE 8? I am terribly ignorant as to how these computers work.

On a different note, thanks for responding. I will visit the links you provided in order that I may become more familiar with the new workings of the program.

Thanks again Art.

Harold

Harold:

  Its probably here in the forums end, wouldnt surprise me.. I dont get any further error reports, so Im not sure what can be
done about it. Similar problems have simply gone away on a thread swap or over time...

  Yell if you have questions as to how things work..

Art

make sure you go to additional options and click "Notify me of replies""

Ya-Nvr-No wrote: make sure you go to additional options and click "Notify me of replies""

Hi there Ya-Nvr-No,

I've been doing that each an every time I post since realizing that "Notify me of replies" (originally populated when setting up my profile) has failed to work.

Thanks however for taking time to suggest that option. Several years ago I had this issue and was required to do exactly what you've suggested until the site administrator got things sorted out at the Forum's end. The difference was, unlike currently, when I used your option it worked. Eventually this will get sorted out. Another issue I'm having is, after the current field (window) in which I am writing is filled, I am unable to enlarge this window to write more. The "auto scroll" in this window will not allow me to see what I am writing when the window is totally populated. In view of that, I write everything in MS Word then copy and paste into this window.

Once again thanks for attempting to help. :)

Harold 

odd it worked for me,  ??? see... Ya-Nvr-No
hope ya get it straightened out.

Ya-Nvr-No wrote: odd it worked for me,   ??? see... Ya-Nvr-No
hope ya get it straightened out.

Well son-of-a gun!!! It has begun to work. I received your notification.

Harold

Sweet, guess it just needed some loving or a little exercise.

Ya-Nvr-No wrote: Sweet, guess it just needed some loving or a little exercise.

I'm happy with all. Maybe the window, in which one writes, will "right itself" soon.

Harold