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This page contains answers to common questions handled by our support staff, along with some tips and tricks that we have found useful and presented here as questions.
Note: In these answers we will follow a few shorthand conventions for describing user-interface procedures. Key combinations will be presented like this: Ctrl+Alt+Delete, which means that you should press and hold down the Control key, the Alt key, and the Delete key at the same time. Menu selections will be presented like this: File->Open, which means that you should open the File menu, and then make the Open selection.
- Check your Layer Name
- When snapping text
- Use Left Justified or Bottom Left Justified if available
- Size of text is not important
- AutoCad 13-14 users, use DText (Bottom Left Justified)
AutoCad Light users, use DText (Paragraph Text, Left Justified)
- DXFOUT the drawing
- Edit Cutexpw.Ini (found in your Windows folder) as indicated below.
[Program]
ProgName=CUTEXP
CNCEditor=NotePad.Exe
B3G97G98=1
B3Essi97=97
B3Essi98=98
- A line must be added from the lead out of the first part to the point where the part should repeat.
- #M3 or #M03 is edited in as text where the lead out intersects the rapid traverse line. The # sign is used by TurboCut and the M3 or M03 turns the torch of so it will rapid traverse.
- B3REPEAT.ZIP (3407) is a downloadable DXF example.
Windows 2000 and Registering TurboCut
Registering TurboCut for Windows or TurboCut CNC Link for Windows on Windows 2000. Several have reported a problem where once all data entered, and the Register button pushed, it just asks again. If you log in as Administrator, it will register with no problem.
There may be other ways around the issue, please pass them along if you discover something else.