digitizing issue some Y points missing <resolved>

[bphillip2]

I'm trying to digitize a car windshield. When I did rows it worked as expected. When I use grid I get strange data with most of the Y values missing.

[cnckeith]

grid moves in X and Z then a short move in Y then X and Z etc, when you have X axis set to move first. data looks normal to me.

[bphillip2]

Now I'm remembering that this point data is designed to create g-code. I can't think of an application for myself that would use that. We would probe to get CAD file surfaces or data, manipulate, then cut. So without X Y Z points the CAD import creates garbage from this dig file.

If I understand the Y data in this case is "modal" and needs to be added in a spreadsheet to create 3 point data for CAD import, fun

The new button in CNC12 would be called "Grid to CAD" and give all 3 points at each contact, or the current button could just give all 3 points. After all controller RAM is not exactly in short supply these days.

Here is a concave surface from the data above, as seen by cloud point import.

[cnckeith]

please read the users manual on the DIG to CAD button in the Digitizing menu.

it converts your .DIG file (GCODE) to xyz cad cloud point data.

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-1.223900 -14.602100 -3.701400

[bphillip2]

Sorry, I actually knew this at one time 6 months ago, but some how forgot this time around. I had just renamed the dig file.

[cnckeith]

no worries, good luck with your projects