On Monday 23 September 2019 11:29:11 Chris Kelley wrote: > I plotted out that snippet of code in AutoCAD and the coded arcs don't > line up with the end points. > > I'm not great with C but looking through Jon's code I wonder if it has > something to do with how it will never output an arc with both I and J > coordinates. > > I have no idea why Mach3 will run it, perhaps Mach has a much wider > tolerance for arc-center-end-point mismatch or it is just converting > the tiny arc moves to lines.
Another point to consider is that all the locations are to only 4 decimakl places. It gewnerally takes at least 8 places to satisfy the g2/g3 checker in lcnc. > On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 4:01 AM andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 at 05:29, John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> > > > > wrote: > > > The attached screen shot shows that LinuxCNC chokes on this. > > > Suggestions as to why? > > > > Are you definitely in the right plane? > > > > Possibly tool diameter compensation is active? > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users