RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] VectorCam Demo and EMC - Lathe

I have had better luck with using R instead of IJ. Also with EMC you
want to set Vector to output to 6 decimal points. EMC requires that the
paths be correct to sub-nanometer range.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> Next datapoint:
>
> I took everyone's advice, re-did the conversion to cast it in X and Y
> coordinates rather than X and Z, and the K-word errors went away.
>
> But now I'm getting this error whenever I hit the finishing pass:
>
> emctask.cc 229: rs724mgc_Error: Radius to end of arc differs
> from radius to start
>
> Here's the snippet of code that's creating this (I'll eliminate the
> roughing bit, which is a bunch of linear G01 / G00 moves):
>
> -----
>
> N600 G00 X0.574 Y-0.357
> N601 G01 X-0.095 Y-0.187
> N602 G00 X-0.095 Y0.000
> N603 G01 X-0.015 Y0.000
> N604 G03 X0.196 Y-0.049 I0.109 J0.016
> N605 G01 X0.503 Y-0.093
> N606 G03 X0.578 Y-0.185 I0.090 J0.062
> N607 G01 X0.578 Y-0.187
> N608 G01 X0.522 Y-0.299
> N609 G00 X-0.095 Y-0.299
> N610 G00 X-0.095 Y-0.187
> N611 G00 X-0.095 Y-1.762
>
> -----
>
> Fair warning, I haven't gone back to hit the books on this one. So if
> it's an obvious error, bear with me.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>
> (P.S. I got the scale on the part wrong, so it's not much to
> look at. As
> soon as I get everything working right, I'll take pictures and post
> stuff.)