Post by raisinbag on Dec 5, 2014 10:02:24 GMT -5
Hi everyone, I am wet behind the ears here, have a WD-1 which is am just beginning to learn to use and super excited! I can successfully run the sample programs using Mach3 but haven't yet put a bit in the router for the ultimate test 
Anyhow, I am having massive difficulty bringing my drawings from Aspire into Mach3 and figure I am missing something totally simple and can't find the solution anywhere on the web, so I am breaking down and asking for help (which I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of soon enough!!!)
Basically: I am not certain what G-code format to save my tool paths in and have tried for the moment to use the Mach2/3.txt format (and some other random ones), but every time I import the G-code that I just made in aspire, I only get a small portion of the image I just made showing up in the tool path window of Mach3. I can't figure out what I'm missing. I have tried to make tool paths in other programs as well, but never seem to get what I create, to show up in Mach3? Please tell me I am doing (or not doing something) incredibly simple and stupid.
Cheers, and Thanks
Anyhow, I am having massive difficulty bringing my drawings from Aspire into Mach3 and figure I am missing something totally simple and can't find the solution anywhere on the web, so I am breaking down and asking for help (which I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of soon enough!!!) Basically: I am not certain what G-code format to save my tool paths in and have tried for the moment to use the Mach2/3.txt format (and some other random ones), but every time I import the G-code that I just made in aspire, I only get a small portion of the image I just made showing up in the tool path window of Mach3. I can't figure out what I'm missing. I have tried to make tool paths in other programs as well, but never seem to get what I create, to show up in Mach3? Please tell me I am doing (or not doing something) incredibly simple and stupid.
Cheers, and Thanks