Using Center for zero point

MillMage Software Questions
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When I set zero to use center it seems Millmage doesn’t respect the position.

I home, then jog to center of work piece. Set workspace 0,0

The position indicator and resulting paths when doing frame are relative to the corner not the center.The preview shows correct position.

To recreate what I am seeing try doing the following:

HOME>JOG to Center of stock> Zero X,Y workspace.
Create circle pocket operation anywhere and check preview
Note last position indicator and run FRAME

If I use STOCK corner all works fine.

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Is the problem when running the job, or only when framing? (It’s possible just the framing option is incorrect, which is why I ask)

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Not sure… but I don’t think it’s a framing issue as the on screen position and movement seem to agree with the frame but the preview is correct.

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I have found the cause of this and have it fixed for the next RC

I might’ve spoken too soon, but I’m close. I have to connect to a machine and play with this a bit more.

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Hi Bret

i think i have similar issue …

my next job lot are clock faces
i home my machine (all good) then i move spindle to clock face centre at which time i zero XYZ

i toggle last know position as this appears to be reference for all … and it’s still sitting at project bottom left position.

all i want to do is home machine … get my 0.0.0 coordinates
move to centre of clock face and zero job

pulling my hair out all day lol …

any advice guidance checks appreciated.

regards
Steve

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RC5 this is still broken…

It’s often most useful to 0,0 center of stock for example doing clock face. When I zero center the display stays 0,0 at lower left and is out of alignment with the machine that still thinks it is at 0,0

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I’m pretty sure this has been fixed now, but just hasn’t made it into the RC’s yet.

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im having same issue in RC6

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FYI if we can no loner extend the trial can we buy?

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See this message thread for instructions on extending the trial: Trial expired and cannot extend nor buy - #9 by soniclab

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This bug is still in RC6…
Software is not respecting center zeroing.

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Same issue with any zero other than lower left.

Machine is Nomad 3

Endmill is at zero in the center of the stock but you can see that “show postion” is still in the lower corner and if I were to run this it would crash to endstop.

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I also noticed that when I used postion goto panel I entered 0 for x and it moved to 2 not 0

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Ok RC8 Center zero now works mostly.

However under menu “arrange→move machine to selection” it does not respect the zero position as set. This is also represented in the “last Postion” indicator on the screen still using the corner as zero reference.

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While this is partially fixed it still not right on the display.

Setup Work piece with Center zero. Set Zero on machine, now it seems frame and cut correctly on the display the when zeroed the postion marker is off the lower left corner but the offset amount.