Thanks for the info Marcus, I will give that a try. Bruce --------------------------------------------

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I have been using Eagle and PCB-Gcode for many years now with good results using a cutter to engrave the PCB traces. For the past couple of days I have been trying a slightly different way of using PC

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I agree with Art on the calibration but what caught my eye was your machine, a CNC 3040. I have a CNC 3020 and had similar problem your experiencing now and I had to do 2 things to cure it. I used the

Never mind...I did a search of pcb-gcode posts and found the original email describing this program. --------------------------------------------

Can someone tell me how to use the file or program MPASS? It is an exe file but where is the documentation on using it?

I am using V1.7 of Java but my op system is winxp but not sure how to go back one version of java. Their website doesn't show any version lower than 1.7. I am using pcb-gcode v3.5.2.11 so perhaps tryi

Ok I checked my setup for pcb-gcode and the generate milling check box is checked and there is a value of -.005. Pcb-gcode version is 3.5.2.11 and Eagle is 5.11.0 Why just the milling layer is affecte

I will check again but I am sure I have that box checked and a valid value next to that check box. The etch file works ok with Z axis movements as required, it is ONLY the mill layer that is not getti

For some unknown reason to me when ever I use PCB-gcode now to generate g-code for engraving a pcb I get no Z axis entries on the milling layer. It never use to be this way. This started happening a c

I wasn't complaining about the cost..Only that no mention of it in the original post. --------------------------------------------

You could have mentioned that it will now cost about US $35 to get that new version. --------------------------------------------

JJ, I did that and changed the depth to 0.08 inches but I am getting strange previews but didn't actually look at the G-code produced yet. In one case I drew a rectangular box on the milling layer and

I have run into a situation where rather than a round hole through the PCB for a component I would like to have an elongated hole or slot. I haven't found another way of doing this other than using a

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Oops...thought it was a separate file. Thanks --------------------------------------------

Where is the manual being kept? Couldn't find it on the .org site. --------------------------------------------

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For milling the outline of the PCB I am not going through the PCB but just creating a line to use for trimming/cutting the PCB. Eventually I would like to go right through and leave connection spots (

Yes, that thought had occurred to me but the tool change and resetting Z to touch off could be problematic. I may try that though. --------------------------------------------

Well I tried the autoleveler again this time on a different engraver and I really needed it to work since my first attempt at engraving a larger pcb on this new machine I was getting a big difference