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anderjus: ============================ Importing GCode tap files: Vectric, and most other CAD/CAM programs have ZERO capability to **import** GCode tap files, so that's gonna be a dead-end. That is, you can only use the Vectric tape-splitting feature on toolpaths actually generated in Vectric. =====...

Yes: get rid of your NWA controller, swap in something using Mach3 or Mach4, wire the driver module inputs to the new motion controller board, and don't look back ;) Other than that, learn GCode so you can easily identify the "preamble" and "closing" parts of the files. If you look in the post-proce...

Uncle Buck: It's a little difficult to understand what you mean. In the diagram below, which misalignment do you mean? A or B? 510Misalignment.jpg A is a misalignment in the XY plane. That is, as the spindle moves along the X axis, it's Y position relative to the bed changes. B is a misalignment in ...

For repeatability, I often use fixtures to mount the stock on. The fixture then goes into the machining vise, located via a workstop on the vise. When I machine the fixture, I will include an L-shaped cutout with the "inside" edges located at X-0.1 and Y+0.1, like on these: 20210911_142040.jpg Then,...

Dear Mr. Dunning-Kruger: ... Although not an industrial connector, the DB9 will handle the load of N.W. stepper motors due to the load sharing of two pins per phase conductor. ...right up until one of those wires breaks. Or a solder joint cracks and starts to corrode in the humid air, turning itself...

Can you post the GCode file? Alternatively, can you view the tap file in http://ncviewer.com and see if the GCode's backplot shows that behavior? Use the "front" view, and that will show you the depths of each cut.

Have you tried just registering the new installation on the PC, and when it asks for a license, you choose/give it the one you want to kill-off from that laptop?
That's typically how it works on other software-licensed systems.

Barksport: Pretty sure all you have to do is register it on a/the second computer where you need that second license to operate. I'm unclear as the reason you need to "unregister" (aka "drop") the other license. Is it's registration somehow preventing something from working? Normally the unregistere...

Fine, you lame-ass lazy people. Like I said: an answer isn't much of an answer if all you do is point in the general direction. What you call a "rant", I call a valid complaint. You can find the post-processor editing guide either in the Help menu, or also online at: https://docs.vectric.com/docs/V1...

Here's what I never understand: Why do guys like you, who figure out how to do things like this, NEVER actually include WHAT you did? Nor even where you found the solution. You know, like a link to the updated Vectric post processor editing guide? Or the line you added? Or copy the section of the gu...