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FernV wrote: I was wondering if we should use wear instead of tool diameter, like 0.1 mm of wear, what do you think ?

Fern

Imho in the way you did it is perfect as dynamic compensation and does not cause any confusion because it reproduces the G41.1 Dnumber gcode format (and no calculations to do) , instead wear is usually written on the tool table under the "Diameter Column" with the negative sign like -0.1 if I remember correctly.

Floris

FernV wrote: I do not think so but I see a newline is missing after the postamble (% must be on a line by itself),
I will correct this for sure but meanwhile you only have to do this :

Add a new line after G28 in the postamble just like you added one before it

Fern

Adding a line in the preferences menu after G28 doesn't work I don't know why, anyway it's ok, it's not a problem, now I can modify ncam.py :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I thank you again!!!

eFalegname wrote:

FernV wrote: I was wondering if we should use wear instead of tool diameter, like 0.1 mm of wear, what do you think ?

Fern

Imho in the way you did it is perfect as dynamic compensation and does not cause any confusion because it reproduces the G41.1 Dnumber gcode format (and no calculations to do) , instead wear is usually written on the tool table under the "Diameter Column" with the negative sign like -0.1 if I remember correctly.

Floris

Thinking about it is not a bad idea, it would make things easier for someone who is not very familiar with the Gcode and linuxcnc, from that point of view it will work as a kind of tolerance too...

FernV wrote:

Clive s wrote: ...Just have to try and get the launcher working on the desktop now I am using the command :- ncam -i linuxcnc /home/clive/linuxcnc/configs/baz_test/baz_test.ini but that does not work but from a terminal in the baz_test directory it runs ok with ncam -i baz_test.ini not sure where I am going wrong.

You can not start NativeCAM with linuxcnc as a parameter, nor linuxcnc with ncam as a parameter

It really has to be what it tells you (and nothiing else) when you enter $ ncam -h

Fern

Fern Not sure what I was doing wrong but having slept on it I deleted the shortcut and started afresh with a new launcher and hey presto it worked first time. I thank you for all the patience you have given me and the work you continually put in.

FernV wrote:

eFalegname wrote: Fern, maybe I have to delete my old modified files and reinstall NativeCAM...

I do not think so but I see a newline is missing after the postamble (% must be on a line by itself),
I will correct this for sure but meanwhile you only have to do this :

Add a new line after G28 in the postamble just like you added one before it

Fern

Hi Fern,
We all miss you. In the meantime, I post the solution in case it may serve someone...

line 3548...
if self.pref.use_pct :
return self.pref.default + gcode_def + \
_("(end sub definitions)\n\n") + gcode + self.pref.ngc_post_amble + '\n%\n'
else :
return self.pref.default + gcode_def + \
_("(end sub definitions)\n\n") + gcode + self.pref.ngc_post_amble + '\nM2\n'

Cheers,
Floris

eFalegname wrote: ... a newline is missing after the postamble (% must be on a line by itself),

In the meantime, I post the solution in case it may serve someone...

The easiest way would be to add '\n' at the end of the postamble

Fern