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How does cslabs controller software compare to Mach4? Can cslabs software handle large 3d files and show the toolpath preview? Mach4 can not handle large 3d files. Any gcode file over 3 million lines makes the program crash. They told me the only way to stop their program from crashing is to disable the previewing of the 3d file. So I paid a lot of money for a defective program with no recourse to make things right. Mach4 tech support has known about this issue sonce 2017 and has never even tried to corret it. Very disappointing. I am hoping that the cslabs software is better. My computer is an i7 12400 with 32 gig of DDR5 6000mhz ram. Windows 10Pro.
>> Can cslabs software handle large 3d files and show the toolpath preview?
Yes.
You just need to have plenty of RAM and a fast hard drive.
>> Any gcode file over 3 million lines makes the program crash.
We can give you 3 months free license for simCNC and you can check it yourself
>> They told me the only way to stop their program from crashing is to disable the previewing of the 3d file.
This is a well-known method known from Mach3 😉
We have several customers who generate files of several dozen mB in size and have not noticed any problems with simCNC.
>> Mach4 tech support has known about this issue sonce 2017 and has never even tried to corret it.
In my opinion, this is not a mistake, but rather an ill-considered architecture of Mach4.
I know this because our developers also faced this problem, but at the very beginning of building simCNC.
>> My computer is an i7 12400 with 32 gig of DDR5 6000mhz ram. Windows 10Pro.
Very good equipment, it should be able to handle very large files.
Regards,
Wojtek
buenas :
Con simcnc y ese equipo no vas a tener ningun problema yo actualmente en fresadoras a nivel profesional estoy lanzando programas de varios cientos de lineas y en el mismo pc estoy haciendo varias tareas Gmail, fusion 360 simcnc etc etc etc ( aunque solo se recomiende usarlo para simcnc ) pero yo no he experimentado ningun problema.
Simcnc vas a apostar seguro y su hardware es robusto yo lo tengo funcionando 12-15horas al dia y llevo ya 4 años con ellos.
Por cierto si te lanzas con simcnc es casi obligatorio que te compres el volante electronico es de lo mas fino que he probado y tiene 0 lag.
Aparte el goteo de actualizaciones suele ser cada 5 o 6 meses por lo que estan mejorandolo continuamente. Ojo le faltan algunas cosillas pero son facilmente solucionables con algun script en phyton. Si tu solo vas a lanzar programas con muchas lineas.. sin problemas aparte el parametro G64 suaviza mucho el rendimiento del fresado. Un programa muy interesante que espero no paren de actualizar y cuando lo lanzen para torno cnc quitare mi mach4 y pondre simcnc torno sin pensarlo.
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