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PixelCNC Has Moved: deftware.org

CAM software developed by artists for artists to create unique and original works on a 3-axis CNC router or mill. · By Deftware

1st time user has an issue building a path

A topic by DenD created Mar 13, 2019 Views: 253 Replies: 9
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I have my own Tiger image which I wish to invert.  Measurements should be metric.  The popup message says to save my project here to resolve?   Is there a repository for troubled project files?  Thx, Dennis

83229.883 - - - - - - - - - CAMOP_HORIZONTAL - - - - - - - - -
83230.469  !!!! UNABLE TO FIND OUTER LEAF FOR NODE 25 !!!!
83230.477 [ ERROR ] Horizontal operation failed to generate a complete toolpath! Please save your project and report your experience on the PixelCNC messageboard.
83283.531 op0 spawning cutmap generate job(1024x1024)
83283.586 job_projgenopsimimage begin... (camop0)
83283.625 ...Horz roughing simulation depthmap done generating



Developer

Hello Dennis, can you tell me what parameters you are using for your horizontal operation, and what dimensions your project and cutting tool are?

Developer

If your cut depth and step size seem like they should work try turning down "path simplify" under CNC/CAM settings in the Config menu, as well as the "path min. length" parameter.

92760.461 rescaling project image to 240x240... ( scale:0.5 )
92760.508 creating project texture (240x240)...
92760.555 ...project_updatetexture done
92840.297 rescaling project image to 240x240... ( scale:0.5 )
92840.336 creating project texture (240x240)...
92840.375 ...project_updatetexture done
92870.773  [ 7 ] = T1 F45 S10000 D1 SO0.062500 ZDOC1.000000 ZBOT4.000000 ZTOP0.100000 SAFE1.500000 AUX[ 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 ]
92870.781 - - - - - - - - - CAMOP_HORIZONTAL - - - - - - - - -
92871.391  !!!! UNABLE TO FIND OUTER LEAF FOR NODE 55 !!!!
92871.406 [ ERROR ] Horizontal operation failed to generate a complete toolpath! Please save your project and report your experience on the PixelCNC messageboard.
92876.094 op0 spawning cutmap generate job(1024x1024)
92876.156 job_projgenopsimimage begin... (camop0)
92876.188 ...Horz roughing simulation depthmap done generating






Developer

Ah, your tool is in inches but your project is in metric. Right now there's no intermixing of metric/imperial tools/projects.. It thinks your tool is 0.125mm in diameter. The same goes for your operation parameters - it looks like you have them all in inches but your project is metric.. When you change between inches/metric mode it changes everything in the program to one of the other, not just the project's dimensions.

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Yep!  I got it this time...  Thx



Developer

Great! Let us know if you need help with anything else.

How do I get into Stock Size & Origin ?   It is not enabled, and my geometry seems off when I open my gc with a file viewer.   

Thx, Dennis

This project property is still under development and not available as of this version of PixelCNC.

Developer (1 edit)

You can set your machine origin relative to your project as percentages of your project's size. If you want your machine zero to be at the front-left edge of your project you'd use an X offset of 0% and a Y offset of 0%. The default is the center of a project, or X=50% and Y=50%, with the top of the project as the Z0. (Z offset = 100%). The red-green-blue axis lines you see in the 3D view are the machine origin (XYZ = 0,0,0) and change after adjusting the origin offset values and hitting Apply.

If you change your project size and/or machine origin after creating some operations you will have to go back and re-generate their toolpaths by hitting the Apply button on each one to get new toolpaths which are set to the project's new size/origin. This is something that's been on the table for re-working to make it easier for users to change without having to regenerate toolpaths manually.