Framing a metric GCode job on an imperial config

phillc54 wrote:

Doug wrote:

phillc54 wrote:

I just tried some framing with both an imperial sim and a metric sim using an imperial gcode and a metric gcode on each and it appears to work fine.
Can you post your gcode and let us know what units system the machine you tried it on was set to.

The issue I had was when I opened an imperial config of QTPlasmaC, and then inside that, opened a GCode file that had millimeters set as the unit. The framing did not work right. This happened on multiple GCode files from multiple jobs, on the same imperial config. When I opened the same GCode file on a metric config, the framing was right. I will aim to try to post both my imperial setup / config info and one of the GCode files that had the issue. Thanks again!

snowgoer540 wrote:

phillc54 wrote:

Maybe it is time for us to make Run From Line enabled as the default. It does seem to work well.

 
+1

As soon as I enabled it, it worked like a charm for me!

phillc54 wrote:

I tried again with an imperial machine and the metric sample files and all worked correctly.

Do your gcode files have the G20  or the G21 codes?

I am uploading two short videos... More on that below. But first...

I feel sheepish. I went to "repro" the framing issue, just to make sure before answering... and I could not reproduce the issue. I have no idea why framing was not working for me before. It happened on multiple files, and now it seems to be working fine, on both metric and imperial configs, with metric gcode files that have G21 code at the start. I should add that I rebooted the laptop just now. I feel like there were recent reboots with the issue I encountered before, but I cannot be positive.

However, I encountered another issue, but this time with "run from line" feature. When I first tried out the "run from line" feature for cut recovery, it worked great. At that time I was on a metric config with a metric file. I also have confirmed it working fine on an imperial config with an imperial file. But when I tried the "run from line" feature on an imperial config but with a metric file, I got an error about "cannot do G1 with zero" something or other. See video for specifics!

Video 1 of 2 (6 minutes): 

Video 2 of 2 (2 minutes): 

Note: as of when I am posting this, YouTube's "HD processing" is still ongoing on the first video. SD playback should be workable. It's saying another 25 minutes before HD viewing is ready.

 

snowgoer540 wrote:

For your probe tests, if you change the number next to the probe-test code in the SETTINGS tab, that's the number of seconds it will pause for you to check with the gage block, so you don't have to move so fast.

For a bit of unsolicited feedback, your cut speed looks to be a bit too fast to me. For instance when it was cutting the globe perimeter, there was an excess of sparks spraying ahead of the torch, that's usually a sign that it's too fast for the amperage selected.

Thanks for the awesome tips! I was just watching some plasma cutting video talking about air and amps, and was thinking I either need to lower my speed or up my cutting power!

phillc54 wrote:

I cannot duplicate this issue on my imperial config with a metric gcode file. Is it possible to post the offending gcode file.
 

Sure. Here's the metric GCode file that does "run from line" in a metric config, but errors out in an imperial config.