I just wanted to output the Gcode of a single object in my drawing, an additional 4th tab has appeared (?)
Here is the output (the expected tabs are highlighted in green, the unexpected one in orange)
that's the drawing with the tabs as I intended to have them
That's how I've selected the object to be converted to GCode
Please note :
1) I have changed the processor from GrblMM to a custom one
2) there are other objects(and tabs) in the drawing (see DxF)
3) I've deleted all tabs including the camTab object and recreated all tabs, same story
...
4) last but not least, that's not such a huge issue, so no worries if there are no easy fix!
Ghost tab when generating GCode for single object
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Ghost tab when generating GCode for single object
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Re: Ghost tab when generating GCode for single object
I think I managed to identify the issue somehow:
Whenever a group is created, this group has its own "home" (reference). The GCode paths are generated respective to the group home , not the drawing home.
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I've made a file with three groups (one circle, one triangle, one rectangle), .
All these groups do have their "home" in their own center, here is the resulting Gcode: .
My "ghost tab" was from such a group.
It's a bit disturbing at first, only solution I've found so far is either to not use groups, or define the group reference on X=0 Y=0.
Whenever a group is created, this group has its own "home" (reference). The GCode paths are generated respective to the group home , not the drawing home.
.
I've made a file with three groups (one circle, one triangle, one rectangle), .
All these groups do have their "home" in their own center, here is the resulting Gcode: .
My "ghost tab" was from such a group.
It's a bit disturbing at first, only solution I've found so far is either to not use groups, or define the group reference on X=0 Y=0.
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Re: Ghost tab when generating GCode for single object
Maybe it's a good idea to explode 'groups' aka Block References before one add CAM paths ...
- Turn on Selection Filter (GF)
Filter on 'Block Reference'
Replace the current selection (first icon)
Explode (XP)
Recursively until no Block References remain.
CVH