V CARVE

[John Tortorello]

Just purchased V Care pro, parts are being machined towards the center of the table.
Is there anyone using V carve on there Thermwood who can help me?

John

[Brad McIntosh]

The issue is with your post and the reference between the model and the table. Can you upload the post processor that you are using?

[Josh Rayburn]

Everything will be upside down compared to TWD's code because the TWD printouts automatically rotate themselves 180 degrees to give you the picture of operator's 0,0 instead of machine / programmer 0,0 coordinates. It's actually pretty annoying to be honest.
Brad, are you saying there's a way to get the post to do that rotation instead of flipping the printouts upside down?
jnr

[Brad McIntosh]

Josh, no... I was jumping the gun. Could be that he is nesting using V-Carve. I was figuring a carving or sign. What I should have said was -

"If John can send me a sample program and a copy of your post processor, I can better advise."

[Josh Rayburn]

Gotcha Brad - and I didn't mean to hijack the post either, sorry guys. I was just a bit excited at the possibility I guess

[Rob Davis]

Hijack ON -
Josh, 100% agree with annoying!
Hijack OFF

[John Tortorello]

Brad, thank you for your response to my post.

The post processor I am using (in v carve) is Thermwood ATC 91000 (inch)(*.n )
When I create the G code(in V carve) I have to set the Z shift before sending it to the machine.(Program Name-CD Header final 2)
Below is some of the code it put out

(Program Name-CD Header final 2)
M98PSTRTTIME.SUBL1
G90
SET ZSHIFT = .6299
(Enter Material Thickness)
G09F8
G52L1
T4 M3
S16000
(V-Bit (60 deg 0.25")
G0 X0.0000 Y0.0000
G00 Z3.0000
M31
G00 X4.0727 Y1.4927 Z0.9862
G01 Z0.6563 F30.0
G01 X4.0761 Y1.4794 F100.0
G01 X4.0826 Y1.4629
G01 X4.0911 Y1.4485
G01 X4.1010 Y1.4363
G01 X4.1122 Y1.4263
G01 X4.1252 Y1.4180

I have a Thermwood cabinet shop 40 router that I bought in 2002.

Thanks again,
John

[Kerry Fullington]

Another HiJack,

Brad, How can I make PanelMetrix nest in the lower left corner of the table (fence) instead of the upper right corner?

Kerry

[Josh Rayburn]

John,
You can try this post if you wish. I will caution you to look it over carefully before pushing the green button, as with any post - however it works very well for my CS-40 and I've made some additional modifications to it so the Zshift, Xshift and Yshift are added in automatically according to your material size.
The post will list all the tools used in the file, and it supports arcs.
This post will also rapid index (G00) to the max boundary of the material size and drop to safe height, then pause (M00) so you can verify that the material / blank is in the correct location before carving or cutting anything.
Note the G901 instead of G52L1. You can change this if you need to.

Change file extension from .txt to .pp and put it in the postp folder. C:/program data/vectric/vcarve pro/v6.x/postp
Make sure to select this post from the list before outputting from Vcarve.

Maybe this will help.
jnr

[John Tortorello]

Josh, I can't change the file extension.
I did rename it and put it where you said, I don't see it( it still comes up as a txt doc.

Is there something I am missing?

John

[Josh Rayburn]

John, check your windows settings to show known file extensions. That should allow you to change it.
jnr

[John Tortorello]

Ok Josh, I did change the ext. put it in V carve.....still don't see it.
I tried rebooting the system, nothing.

I can see it in there when I look in the c drive progam data ect.


John

[Josh Rayburn]

Not sure why it wouldn't show up John - you can try the Vectric forum also. It should be in the drop-down menu when you click 'save toolpath' and it should be called "josh post 120211 (.nc)"

[John Tortorello]

Josh, thank you for the post.
I did finally get it to work, the file was there as Josh Post 120211 not what I renamed it as.
Is there a way to get it to read the waste board thickness?

Thanks again,
John

[Josh Rayburn]

John,
The name of the post as Vectric reads it is actually in the post itself, it doesn't look at the filename.
There is no way to get it to read the wasteboard thickness, you'll have to change that each time.
jnr