I created a part and generated the G code using cam 15 for cad15.
The problem is I get a lot of huge circles (G02 and G03) that are not part of the drawing.
If I run the g code simulator the tool path looks fine. But, When I run it in mach 3 the circles show up and the two curves in the tool path that should be there are turned into circles and are cut in the wrong direction and are just circles that meet on the other side.
I can post a short video on youtube showing the issue if someone would like to help me figure out what is going on here.
I am running Win 7 (64 bit) Turbo cad 15 & cam 15 to generate the tool path.
I am running mach 3 for the controller.

Attached is a simple drawing with the problem showing up in the tool path.


Let me know if I need to provide more info.

What build of Mach3 are you running? I am on 2.63.

Try this,
Create your offset with the offset countours tool & choose  your corner offset to be straight & not rounded (your offset will be 1/2 of the dameter of your mill ), then choose path milling instead of chain offset milling to create your too path, clicking on the "green" offset as your path to mill.

here is the gcode I got using this method.

% ( MYAPP01 )
O1
G20
G00 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90 Z1.
( TOOL COMMENT IS NOT FOUND )
T1 M06
G00 G90 G54 X23.8349 Y5.0799 S1500 M03
G43 H1 Z1. M08
( OPERATION NAME = OPERATION-1 )
F5.
( MILLING )
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.1 F3.
X29.5134 Y18.1991 F5.
X24.5089 Y18.3032
X23.8468 Y23.2648
X11.4435 Y16.1573
X11.7874 Y13.597
G02 X10.9847 Y12.5433 I-0.9292 J-0.1248
G01 X7.6172 Y12.0848
X9.0891 Y1.0543
X20.215 Y0.8229
X20.2948 Y4.2252
G02 X21.2541 Y5.1405 I0.9372 J-0.022
G01 X23.8349 Y5.0799
Z0.1
G00 Z1.
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.2 F3.
X29.5134 Y18.1991 F5.
X24.5089 Y18.3032
X23.8468 Y23.2648
X11.4435 Y16.1573
X11.7874 Y13.597
G02 X10.9847 Y12.5433 I-0.9292 J-0.1248
G01 X7.6172 Y12.0848
X9.0891 Y1.0543
X20.215 Y0.8229
X20.2948 Y4.2252
G02 X21.2541 Y5.1405 I0.9372 J-0.022
G01 X23.8349 Y5.0799
G00 Z0.1
Z1.
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.25 F3.
X29.5134 Y18.1991 F5.
X24.5089 Y18.3032
X23.8468 Y23.2648
X11.4435 Y16.1573
X11.7874 Y13.597
G02 X10.9847 Y12.5433 I-0.9292 J-0.1248
G01 X7.6172 Y12.0848
X9.0891 Y1.0543
X20.215 Y0.8229
X20.2948 Y4.2252
G02 X21.2541 Y5.1405 I0.9372 J-0.022
G01 X23.8349 Y5.0799
Z0.1
G00 Z1.
M05
G91
G28 X0. Y0.
M30

Mach 3 Version R3.043.022

I ran your code and I got the same problem.
This time the G02 codes are just big circles and not curves.

 

there may be a problem in how Mach3 is interpeting the code. I do not have any issue with this code on my machine. Try this code.

% ( MYAPP01 )
O1
G20
G00 G17 G40 G49 G90 Z1.
( .125" END MILL )
T1 M06
G00 G90 G54 X15.4170278202 Y7.9064546597 S24000 M03
G43 H1 Z1. M08
( OPERATION NAME = OPERATION-1 )
F100.
( MILLING )
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.1 F30.
X20.6617618977 Y7.7973793475 F100.
X20.7415962445 Y11.1997016379
G02 X21.7008357907 Y12.1149514837 I0.9372420179 J-0.0219920433
G01 X24.2816630351 Y12.0543783105
X29.9601800632 Y25.1736054267
X24.9556440005 Y25.2776842289
X24.2935457228 Y30.2393210022
X11.8903001861 Y23.1318034552
X12.2341613573 Y20.5715065203
G02 X11.4314853913 Y19.5177868939 I-0.9291574122 J-0.1247908381
G01 X8.0639369679 Y19.0592667625
X9.5358883397 Y8.0287653652
X15.4170278202 Y7.9064546597
Z0.1
G00 Z1.
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.2 F30.
X20.6617618977 Y7.7973793475 F100.
X20.7415962445 Y11.1997016379
G02 X21.7008357907 Y12.1149514837 I0.9372420179 J-0.0219920433
G01 X24.2816630351 Y12.0543783105
X29.9601800632 Y25.1736054267
X24.9556440005 Y25.2776842289
X24.2935457228 Y30.2393210022
X11.8903001861 Y23.1318034552
X12.2341613573 Y20.5715065203
G02 X11.4314853913 Y19.5177868939 I-0.9291574122 J-0.1247908381
G01 X8.0639369679 Y19.0592667625
X9.5358883397 Y8.0287653652
X15.4170278202 Y7.9064546597
G00 Z0.1
Z1.
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.25 F30.
X20.6617618977 Y7.7973793475 F100.
X20.7415962445 Y11.1997016379
G02 X21.7008357907 Y12.1149514837 I0.9372420179 J-0.0219920433
G01 X24.2816630351 Y12.0543783105
X29.9601800632 Y25.1736054267
X24.9556440005 Y25.2776842289
X24.2935457228 Y30.2393210022
X11.8903001861 Y23.1318034552
X12.2341613573 Y20.5715065203
G02 X11.4314853913 Y19.5177868939 I-0.9291574122 J-0.1247908381
G01 X8.0639369679 Y19.0592667625
X9.5358883397 Y8.0287653652
X15.4170278202 Y7.9064546597
Z0.1
G00 Z1.
M05
G91
M30

Thanks for looking into this for me.

I ran that code and there are no big circles.

BUT, I lost the two 1" radius curves in the drawing.

Any ideas?

when I look at this in Mach3 & TC the radii are there.

OK I went back again and now I get a message in Mach3 that says:
Radius to end of arc differs from radius to start Line 15

you may want to try un-install TC, Cam Plug-in, & Mach3. Then re-install all three.

Well............

I un-installed and re-installed everything and it looks to be a lot better now.
I will create a project and generate a tool path for it and cut the parts tomorrow.
I am just to tired to do it tonight.
But, from the small test I just did, I think you may have made the correct call to un and re-install all software.

Let me ask, is running on 64 bit a problem if just testing code using mach 3 as a simulator?

Thanks,
Troy

I cannot answer the 64bit question as it may be better asked on the Mach3 forum. I just dont know.

OK.

I got a second wind and created a part.
Then generated a tool path.
Tomorrow I cut.

It looks like all is OK now.
Thanks for your efforts to try and help me with this.
I feel much better about the program and Win7 than I did a few days ago.

I will let you know tomorrow the results of the new cut file after it has been run.

Thanks again for your help with this issue.

Regards,
Troy

you may want to try un-install TC, Cam Plug-in, & Mach3. Then re-install all three.

It looks like I needed to reinstall the software to fix the problem.

Looking back I seam to recall when I was installing the cam package I recall just installing the 15.1 cam update and I think I needed to install the 15 cam and then the 15.1 cam update.

At any rate I don't have the big circles in my G code anymore.

Thanks for the help.

Troy

I had same problem and added G90.1 code which corrected it.

What is G90.1?

Hi begin to use bobcadcam to generate lathe g codes. In my case circles  appear in mach3 tool path when I use tools radius compensation in bobcadcam.

I created a part and generated the G code using cam 15 for cad15.
The problem is I get a lot of huge circles (G02 and G03) that are not part of the drawing.
If I run the g code simulator the tool path looks fine. But, When I run it in mach 3 the circles show up and the two curves in the tool path that should be there are turned into circles and are cut in the wrong direction and are just circles that meet on the other side.
I can post a short video on youtube showing the issue if someone would like to help me figure out what is going on here.
I am running Win 7 (64 bit) Turbo cad 15 & cam 15 to generate the tool path.
I am running mach 3 for the controller.

Attached is a simple drawing with the problem showing up in the tool path.


Let me know if I need to provide more info.

Did you ever solve this problem with the G03 circles?