Hi
These are the only drill bits i have all are mm:
.3
.4
.5
.6
.7
.8
.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
3.05
but when i try to make a drill file it tells me its not correct, and its doing my damn head in lol
Howard
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Howard,
You seem to be missing a couple of ranges:
There is nothing between 2.01mm and 2.4mm
and nothing between 2.51mm and 3mm
You need to cover these ranges in some manner.
HTH
At 10/25/2021 12:50 PM, Howard632 via groups.io wrote:
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Yeah
The it is
You skipped a range between 0.900mm and 1.900mm:
T04 0.900mm 0.801mm 0.900mm 1.5in
T05 2.000mm 1.900mm 2.000mm 1.5in
But good job overall!
Cheers
MC
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HI
Thanks john for that !!
Howard
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Howard,
Not having your revised file, I can only go on the one submitted.
Looking at the ranges for your called out drill size, there is none if
you just corrected the original file
T04?????0.900mm???
?????0.900mm?
0.900mm?1.5in
T05?????2.000mm
?2.000mm?2.000mm?
1.5in
Based on my previous rec. you should have a max size of 0.90mm and did
you possibly miss the next min size for T05 to not be inclusive of of
~1.0mm?????
Or it very well is more likely the 'space' vs 'tab' situation as noted by
JJ.
Just a thought. At 10/25/2021 12:28 PM, Howard632 via groups.io
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Hi
Well thats good to know i got something right !!
I have amended the file as you have suggested
but now when i run pcbgcode in eagle it gives
me a few popups saying the same thing
rack file.../settings/AUX SWITCH BOARD_TEST_3.drl
no drill sub for 0.040000"? 1.016000mm
and i press the button " shutup already " and it carrys
on till it pops up again, think it do that about 3 or 4 times
then it makes the drill file
oh by the way that prob with jaw**.exe not found or working
well i found out it has something to do with preview, turning
it off in the pcbgcode setup stops it showing.
Howard
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Hi
Well thats good to know i got something right !!
I have amended the file as you have suggested
but now when i run pcbgcode in eagle it gives
me a few popups saying the same thing
rack file.../settings/AUX SWITCH BOARD_TEST_3.drl
no drill sub for 0.040000"? 1.016000mm
and i press the button " shutup already " and it carrys
on till it pops up again, think it do that about 3 or 4 times
then it makes the drill file
oh by the way that prob with jaw**.exe not found or working
well i found out it has something to do with preview, turning
it off in the pcbgcode setup stops it showing.
Howard
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Thanks Art, you 'da man!
I noticed T04 has spaces instead of a tab between the drill_size and the minimum. pcb-gcode needs a single tab between the columns.
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Howard,To me, you layout appears proper and correct.?However, Instead of making the min and max size exactly the same, I would use overlapping ranges.I beleive your thinking that these are the drill sizes I have, but the footpad hole size in your board layout may NOT be exactly what your drill sizing is.?So lets start with the T01.? Ok your file would indicate the smallest drill size that you have in your rack is 0.5mm Great. I would set up the minimum to be 0.00mm and max of 0.50mm.? This way if the footprint pad has a hole size of say 0.40mm, you will use the 0.50mm drill to make the hole. With your existing setup, you have no drill to make the hole!For T02, I would set the min to a dim of 0.501mm and a max of 0.60mm.? Again, this gives you a range of fooprint setups to be covered and the maximum hole size will be 0.600mm.Then continue on down the chart in simular fashion until you cover the range of drills that you have and the last maximum size should be well beyond the largest drill you have in your rack.? That way if you have a large mounting pad hole beyond the size of you rack, it will drill a pilot hole that you can then enlarge with a normal hand drill or whatever.?HTHCountryAt 10/25/2021 10:51 AM, Howard632 via??wrote:Hi
I think i have made a drill rack file ???
would anyone look at it to see if?
it is done the right way
i use notepad++ and set the tab space to 12
as it says in the file
Thanks
Howard?
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Howard,
To me, you layout appears proper and correct.
However, Instead of making the min and max size exactly the same, I would
use overlapping ranges.
I beleive your thinking that these are the drill sizes I have, but the
footpad hole size in your board layout may NOT be exactly what your drill
sizing is.
So lets start with the T01.? Ok your file would indicate the
smallest drill size that you have in your rack is 0.5mm Great. I would
set up the minimum to be 0.00mm and max of 0.50mm.? This way if the
footprint pad has a hole size of say 0.40mm, you will use the 0.50mm
drill to make the hole. With your existing setup, you have no drill to
make the hole!
For T02, I would set the min to a dim of 0.501mm and a max of
0.60mm.? Again, this gives you a range of fooprint setups to be
covered and the maximum hole size will be 0.600mm.
Then continue on down the chart in simular fashion until you cover the
range of drills that you have and the last maximum size should be well
beyond the largest drill you have in your rack.? That way if you
have a large mounting pad hole beyond the size of you rack, it will drill
a pilot hole that you can then enlarge with a normal hand drill or
whatever.
HTH
Country
At 10/25/2021 10:51 AM, Howard632 via groups.io wrote:
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Hi
I think i have made a drill rack file ???
would anyone look at it to see if
it is done the right way
i use notepad++ and set the tab space to 12
as it says in the file
Thanks
Howard
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Hi
I think i have made a drill rack file ???
would anyone look at it to see if
it is done the right way
i use notepad++ and set the tab space to 12
as it says in the file
Thanks
Howard
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Yes, look in the "pcbgcode.pdf" file that is in your docs
folder from when you unzipped the download and look for
4.3 Drill Rack Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 31
in the table of contents.
This may help you figure out the problem.
Country
At 10/21/2021 03:58 PM, Howard632 via groups.io wrote:
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Hi
So I need to edit the file and put in some M6 tool change institutions to
tell it to return to safe so drill change can be done there are 3
different sizes
0.6000
0.9000
3.0000
Am new to all this cnc stuff so have got a bit of a learning curve
ahead
But would be grateful for any help or pointers
Thanks
Howard
-------- Original message --------
From: Art Eckstein <art.eckstein@...>
Date: 21/10/2021 20:26 (GMT+00:00)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [pcbgcode] Error Codes ?? #pcbgcode
Howard,
I opened your attached etch file and all appears ok to me. It basically
contains G0 and G1 commands and there are no M6 (tool change
commands).
I will take a wild stab at this point and those M6 commands appear to be
tool changes for your drill file as the comment portion
; 0.600000
would indicate to me a drill size and based on the size I would assume
you want a .6mm.? Your file may not be properly setup to handle the
necessary translation.
Intructions are in the manual in the docs. folder.
Just a thought and I may be way off base.
My question would be have you setup a At 10/21/2021 02:42 PM, Howard632
via groups.io wrote:
Hi it seems
Error 20 ?¨C STATUS_GCODE_UNSUPPORTED_COMMAND
Unsupported or invalid g-code command found in block.
I have added the .nc file from pcbgcode 3.6.24
maybe someone can find what the prob is
Thanks
Howard
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Hi So I need to edit the file and put in some M6 tool change institutions to tell it to return to safe so drill change can be done there are 3 different sizes 0.6000 0.9000 3.0000 Am new to all this cnc stuff so have got a bit of a learning curve ahead But would be grateful for any help or pointers? Thanks Howard
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-------- Original message -------- From: Art Eckstein <art.eckstein@...> Date: 21/10/2021 20:26 (GMT+00:00) Subject: Re: [pcbgcode] Error Codes ?? #pcbgcode
Howard,
I opened your attached etch file and all appears ok to me. It basically
contains G0 and G1 commands and there are no M6 (tool change
commands).
I will take a wild stab at this point and those M6 commands appear to be
tool changes for your drill file as the comment portion
; 0.600000
would indicate to me a drill size and based on the size I would assume
you want a .6mm.? Your file may not be properly setup to handle the
necessary translation.
Intructions are in the manual in the docs. folder.
Just a thought and I may be way off base.
My question would be have you setup a At 10/21/2021 02:42 PM, Howard632
via groups.io wrote:
Hi it seems
Error 20 ? STATUS_GCODE_UNSUPPORTED_COMMAND
Unsupported or invalid g-code command found in block.
I have added the .nc file from pcbgcode 3.6.24
maybe someone can find what the prob is
Thanks
Howard
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Howard,
I opened your attached etch file and all appears ok to me. It basically
contains G0 and G1 commands and there are no M6 (tool change
commands).
I will take a wild stab at this point and those M6 commands appear to be
tool changes for your drill file as the comment portion
; 0.600000
would indicate to me a drill size and based on the size I would assume
you want a .6mm.? Your file may not be properly setup to handle the
necessary translation.
Intructions are in the manual in the docs. folder.
Just a thought and I may be way off base.
My question would be have you setup a At 10/21/2021 02:42 PM, Howard632
via groups.io wrote:
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Hi it seems
Error 20 ¨C STATUS_GCODE_UNSUPPORTED_COMMAND
Unsupported or invalid g-code command found in block.
I have added the .nc file from pcbgcode 3.6.24
maybe someone can find what the prob is
Thanks
Howard
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Hi it seems
Error 20 ¨C STATUS_GCODE_UNSUPPORTED_COMMAND
Unsupported or invalid g-code command found in block.
I have added the .nc file from pcbgcode 3.6.24
maybe someone can find what the prob is
Thanks
Howard
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Hi I was just about to message to say that I found that after a long search and yes it works very well
Howard
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-------- Original message -------- From: Art Eckstein <art.eckstein@...> Date: 21/10/2021 14:10 (GMT+00:00) Subject: Re: [pcbgcode] settings window to big in pcgcode setup #gcode #eagle
From a very old post, you might try:
edit pcb-gcode-setup.ulp and delete lines 503-505 containing the
code
"<a
href=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcb-gcode>"
"<img src='docs/images/pcbgcode-600.gif'
width='300'/>"
"</a>"
save and run again.
HTH
Country Bubba
At 10/21/2021 06:21 AM, Howard632 via groups.io wrote:
Hi All
Am just trying to set up pcbgcode on eagle 9.6.2
but the window is to big and i cannot see all the options
is there a way to alter this so that i can see it all
Thanks
Howard
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Hi
Well i was able to make a .nc drill file using pcbgcode with Mcnugget6750 as the
output to see if that would work on my 3018 cnc, well it seems to be the right format
Iam using Candle software ver 1.1.7 but when i run the file it pops up with 3 error codes
36: M6 T01 ; 0.600000 < ERROR 20
231: M6 T02 ; 0.900000 < ERROR 20
264: M6 T03 ; 3.000000 < ERROR 20
I have no idea what these mean, but if i ignore them it seems to work
Anyone know what might be the prob
Thanks
Howard
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From a very old post, you might try:
edit pcb-gcode-setup.ulp and delete lines 503-505 containing the
code
"<a
href=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcb-gcode>"
"<img src='docs/images/pcbgcode-600.gif'
width='300'/>"
"</a>"
save and run again.
HTH
Country Bubba
At 10/21/2021 06:21 AM, Howard632 via groups.io wrote:
Hi All
Am just trying to set up pcbgcode on eagle 9.6.2
but the window is to big and i cannot see all the options
is there a way to alter this so that i can see it all
Thanks
Howard
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Hi All
Am just trying to set up pcbgcode on eagle 9.6.2
but the window is to big and i cannot see all the options
is there a way to alter this so that i can see it all
Thanks
Howard
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Hi Richard, Going to ask the obvious questions - sorry!!
You have set a milling depth on the opening setup page?
Check on the machine setup that you have milling parameters set up there as well (XY feed. Spindle rpm etc)?
I happened to still have Rev 7.7.0 still available, so tried a milling outline on an old completed project - no problems there.
One further thought, you have a dimensioned board outline and some component on the schematic and board layout - I don't know what would happen if these are omitted.
I now use Rev 9.6.0 - never had a problem with this - and it has many more magic features!!
Regards
Peter
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------ Original Message ------
From: "R Blackman" <richard.blackman@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, 7 Aug, 21 At 16:40
Subject: [pcbgcode] Milling layer #pcbgcode
hello to group
I have searched the message data base but can't figure out an answer.
I draw a square using green layer 46, EAGLE 7.3
I run pcbgcode 3.6.2.4 with milling box checked
I get nothing on the top or bottom milling screens.
simple fix? any help much appreciated
Richard B
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John Johnson