I’m trying to do some surfacing of my spoil board on Mach3 and I

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I’m trying to do some surfacing of my spoil board on Mach3 and I keep getting an error stating radius to end of arc differs from radius to start, Block = G17. Does anyone know what this is & how to correct it?

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After a quick search the first hit http://support.machsupport.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/59/0/error-message--radius-to-end-of-arc-differs-from-radius-to-start-mach3

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Thanks Kyle!. I seem to be having quite a bit of problems learning Mach 3. It is so unfamiliar to me. I still haven’t been able to cut out a CAD file on Mach. I’ve tried using .nc files, .tap files and even .gcode. I get problems like not having any gcode load, or having a file that looks completely different from what I made on fusion, or I’ve also had the machine stop after only completing a few lines of the gcode. It’s pretty frustrating. Also, I don’t know if you noticed going to mach support, apparently the site is down, while they are doing maintenance.

Thanks so much for the assistance and encouragement. I’d like to at least complete a few small files before I decide to go to linuxCNC, just to see it work.

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The only thought that comes to mind is check your preprocessor. All machine controllers are different. Most read g-code, but, not all read it exactly the same. Best comparison I can come up with off the top of my sleepy head is an American in England may hear and understand most words in a sentence. He/she is not guaranteed to understand the meaning of every word they hear.

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@Kyle_Kerr okay thanks