Accuracy in Designer software...

[neeboy74]

This is a continuation of my previous post about straight lines/precision...

Sure, using the snap/grid would be nice, but apparently no one who designed this software has ever seen a real tape measure. In the "Snap to Grid" dialog box, you can't enter anything past 3 decimal places. 1/16" = .1875, NOT .187.

What would I do if I had this machine and I wanted to cut blocks that are 2-5/16" square? It wouldn't be accurate to that precise number.

[Jeff_Birt]

First stop and consider the advertised resolution of the machine, between 0.005" - 0.010" inches in raster mode (from FAQ page), then consider the properties of wood itself; it moves quite a bit with temperature and humidity.

Some experimentation has shown that the software has a resolution of 1/128" on both raster and vector objects.

[rjustice]

Also consider that nobody, can read a "real tape measure" within .0005

A human hair is approx .003 thick. You would be splitting a hair 6 times to see the resolution you are concerned about. Round your fractional number up or down to a 3 place decimal, and I am sure you will not know the difference.

Most average quality industrial CNC machines are rated at .0005 over full stroke when they are new, usually with a .0002 repeatability. To expect a wood working machine to do that is not realistic, nor necessary.

Keepin' it real.....:rolleyes:

Ron

[pamjmayo]

Guess what you'd have to do??? Move up in quality and spend about $10,000 for a Shop-Bot. Just kidding, of course, but it won't compete with the big CNC machine yet. Give it another year or so. Pam

[jlitz]

The XY resolution within Designer, .mpc files, and the compiled projects stored on the flash card are limited to 1/128". The depth resolution within Designer is also generally limited to 1/128". Though, the depth resolution for raster patterns when compiled and stored on the flash card is roughly 0.0005" (closer to 0.000488").