Buildbotics Forum

The problem is that your tool change procedure on the 'Settings' page changes the units to 'Metric' using a G21 command. Your program runs in 'Imperial' units using the G20 commands but the tool change procedure changes it mid-stream. Since you want your configuration for tool changes to work with e...

OK,

I loaded your configuration and then reloaded 'Michigan Tech Round Up (all toolpaths).ngc and now I get the errors with a squiggly line displayed. I'll dig further and let you know what I learn.

Hmmm, This loads and simulates correctly on my controller. Please go to the 'General' page and click 'Bug Report'. This will create a file that includes the system logs, the controller configuration, and the current program that is loaded. Then, attach the bug report to your posting. When I get it, ...

Please post tbe version of software you are running and the gcode programs in question. I will take a look at them to see if I can tell what is going on.

Doug

Great!

That's good to know. Thanks for reporting the result.

Actually, there is a bit of a bump. I think it may travel a little farther. If the end stops are square with each other, and the gantry is not way out of alignment, I think it will come out aligned with the end stops.

The homing procedure does not align the gantry.

Mohammad Hejazi from BobCAD has created a Buildbotics processor for BobCAD. It's available for download and installation from our Github Post Processor Library.

Thanks Mohammad and BobCAD!

It turns out that there is a parameter in the planner software that specifies the allowable error when cutting arcs. Up until now, this parameter has not been accessible to the users. The next release of software (0.4.16) will expose this parameter to the user. Current testing has demonstrated that ...