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Slow tool path and gcode generator unavailable

Discussion in 'CAM' started by Lorraine Heavey, Jan 5, 2024.

  1. Lorraine Heavey

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    CAM keeps crashing and working very slowly when it does work, took path is coming up very slow but then the generate g code option remains as “unavailable please wait”
     
  2. Peter Van Der Walt

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    Sounds like an Input file problem. What kind of CAD file are you loading? Properly prepared for CNC?
     
  3. Lorraine Heavey

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    Thanks Peter, I’m relatively new to all this to be honest but have been using the same jpeg file for the last number of weeks, have successfully created gcodes several times with this file on openbuild CAM and am just playing a round with tool path now, this is the first time it has caused any issues.
     
  4. Peter Van Der Walt

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    Jpeg is about the worst format :) designed for compression over quality its a high loss format with lots ot artifacts. Looks for DXFs first, SVG second, bitmaps in case of emergency :)
    Clean input files makes a huge difference
     
  5. Lorraine Heavey

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    Thanks Peter, working off a dxf now and still having same issue. Page unresponsive.
     
  6. Lorraine Heavey

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    This is the message I get when loading
     

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