Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] minimill n lazycam issues

On 3/19/2011 1:40 AM, Chuck Merja wrote:

> Well, thanks ALL! We used the wizards tonight to successfully make our
> encoder brackets. MACH's wizards are pretty sweet, really. It took a
> little time to do one feature at a time, but we definitely have parts that
> will work!
>
> So can one use the wizards to generate gcode for several features, and
> then
> just copy and paste them together? There must be some dangers in the
> transitions from one feature to the next, eh?
>
> We are encouraged to make more parts AND save the gcode, so we can
> just load
> it again for the same part.
>
> Thanks again! Chuck

I often save the G-code from the wizards and combine into one file.
Repeating the file at a later time is what CNC is all about.

Enjoy!

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