Can I see which smoothing profile is active?

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KJNC
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Can I see which smoothing profile is active?

Post by KJNC »

(I could very well be wrong here--but I am asking as perhaps I am missing something here because I am new to CNC12)

I've been working with a few smoothing profiles by manually clicking on them.
But today I wrote them into each program and it seems the first call for "Contouring Router" worked fine--but it failed to switch to my own "1/8 Fine Finish" named program--as the detail wasn't there.

I am trying to figure out what happened and have the start of both programs as an example. I reran the finishing program after manually clicking and saving the profile I wanted to use--the second time I saw the significant detail I wanted.

I have 15+ hours of use and a few programs so far--so I can see it's not switching over and am wondering if it's simple such as the / in the custom profile name.

This seemed to run very smooth and fine for a roughing program:

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O01002 (BD Combo)
(T1  D=0.25 CR=0. - ZMIN=0.41 - flat end mill)
G90 G94 G17
G20
(Pocket1 (19))
T1 M6
S14000 M3
G54
G0 X16.6129 Y3.0079
G64 "Contouring Router"
Z1.2894
G1 Z1.19 F20.
S16000
X16.44 Z1.1553 F45.
(Eventually roughs material quickly and smoothly)
But this one I've used a lot with manually selecting the profile and it did not work properly--the detail was melted/smooth over aggressively:

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O01003 
(T6)
G90 G94 G17
G20
(Scallop1 (17))
T6 M6
S18000 M3
G54
G0 X4.2756 Y2.9725
G64 "1/8 Fine Finish"
Z0.6504
G1 Z0.5832 F90.
X4.2757 Y2.9722 Z0.5805
(Eventually runs parallel pass program here, etc)

Could the / in the name be the issue?
I know it will reject an incorrect name and not run the program--so I'm trying to understand what's going on here.
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Re: Can I see which smoothing profile is active?

Post by RogDC »

If this is your PP,Try removing the quotes from the name and place 'ON' between G64 & your Smoothing Setup Name. If this is g-code, place an 'ON' between the G64 command and "smoothing setup name" and see if that works


From my Vectric V-Carve Pro PP to set smoothing on : G64 ON [34]3D Relief Fine[34] ; Activate desired preset by label

At end of PP to set smoothing off: G64 OFF P0
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Re: Can I see which smoothing profile is active?

Post by cncian »

If, for example, your "1/8 Fine Finish" smoothing settings are in Preset #5, then you can activate them with:

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G64 ON P5
Like RogDC mentioned, it is a good practice to deactivate smoothing, when you are done with it (ex. at the end of the program). To do this, use:

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G64 OFF P0
You might find interesting this thread on smoothing, aptly named "Not my first 3D carving..."
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Re: Can I see which smoothing profile is active?

Post by KJNC »

RogDC wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:03 pm If this is your PP,Try removing the quotes from the name and place 'ON' between G64 & your Smoothing Setup Name. If this is g-code, place an 'ON' between the G64 command and "smoothing setup name" and see if that works


From my Vectric V-Carve Pro PP to set smoothing on : G64 ON [34]3D Relief Fine[34] ; Activate desired preset by label

At end of PP to set smoothing off: G64 OFF P0
Thank you for the suggestion!
I'll be certain to try this as I'm finally moving everything over to the new controller and know a little trick or two sometimes is the secret.
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Re: Can I see which smoothing profile is active?

Post by KJNC »

cncian wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 1:29 am If, for example, your "1/8 Fine Finish" smoothing settings are in Preset #5, then you can activate them with:

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G64 ON P5
Like RogDC mentioned, it is a good practice to deactivate smoothing, when you are done with it (ex. at the end of the program). To do this, use:

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G64 OFF P0
You might find interesting this thread on smoothing, aptly named "Not my first 3D carving..."
Thank you for the confirmation.
I've gone through the thread and the variables--it's a very flexible and CNC12 is making my life infinitely easier as most I do is 3d work.
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