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Mach3 What is Driver Test?
What is the driver test?Running a Driver Test is only applicable when using Mach3 with the parall...
What is a Coordinate System?
What is a coordinate system?A CNC machine is controlled by commanding movements and tracking the ...
What is CAD?
What is CAD?Computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided drafting (CAD), or computer-aided designa...
How do I Cut my Drawings? Will I be able to load it directly into Mach?
How do I cut my drawings? Can I load it directly into MachTransforming an idea into an actual par...
What is a Breakout board (B.O.B)?
A breakout board is a piece of hardware used to interface between the PC (or externalmotion devic...
Will a USB to Parallel converter work?
No, standard USB-to-parallel port adapters will not work. Controlling a machine withMach3/Mach4 u...
What is a Plugin?
A plugin (sometimes referred to as a driver) allows people to add customfunctionality to Mach3/Ma...
I am thinking of purchasing a machine from overseas
Mach3 and Mach4 are sold by us as DIY (do it yourself) CNC control. Most of our OEM’s anddistribu...
Do you sell Hardware?
We do not sell any hardware or packages for Mach3 or Mach4. Motion devices and other complex ha...
What is an external Motion device or Motion Controller?
Originally, Mach-series software only worked with the parallel port (via the parallel portdriver)...
What is CAM?
Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) is a subsequent process after CAD. The CAD files areloaded int...
What is G-Code?
Used mainly in automation, G-code is the common name for the most widely usednumerical control (N...
What else can the computer running the machine be used for?
CNC controls require critical timing. When a computer has been chosen to be used as amachine cont...
Mach3 What files should I backup?
At a minimum, any license files and profile XMLs (as well as any custom macros, screensets, or br...
What is a Screen Set?
A screen set is the file (and associated graphics) that makes up the GUI (graphical userinterface...
What is a Profile?
A profile is a configuration file which is used to store the various settings for a machine. AMac...
Mach4 What is an INI?
It is a Mach4 configuration file. Every Mach4 profile stores its settings in a Machine.ini filelo...
Mach3 What is an XML?
It is a Mach3 configuration file. Every Mach3 profile stores its settings in an XML file locatedi...
What is a Macro, M-Code?
A macro or m-code is a small program that has been written as an easy way to perform afunction (o...
What is a good book to learn G-Code?
“CNC Programming Handbook 3rd Edition” by Peter Smid. You can also refer to the G CodeProgrammin...