Resume cutting after pausing

[justgregg]

When resuming a cut from pausing the torch starts moving but does not fire back up. Help thanks

[TinWhisperer]

@justgregg are you pausing during a cut or are you pausing in between rapids?

Or does any pause lead to no torch firing afterwards?

[justgregg]

Paused during a cut. When resuming the torch continued moving on the tool path. The torch did not fire or drop to cutting height on the steel

[TinWhisperer]

At this point you need to regenerate your G-Code by line

I did a big write-up on regenerating your G-Code either by loop or by line

Loop would be a continuous cut.

Line would be part way through a cut.

I’ll see if I can dig it up.

I know Jimmy (@ChelanJim ) has a screenshot walk through he could throw up here as well.

FireControl Continue mid Code

Here is an example with screen shots. [line%20loop%201%20] [line%20loop%202%20] in this example it stops cutting for some reason. you repair the problem and need to pickup where it stopped cutting. here that is the top right of the W. We select that area and are given 2 options below as it jumps to that line of code. (Line 1494 in this case) [line%20loop%203%20] SELECTING LOOP will load a new program from the last pierce. [line%20loop%204%20] [line%20loop%205%20%20] SELECTING LINE wi…

[ChelanJim]

Well I had this post:

Resume from same spot

If FireControl has not lost the image of your part on the visualizer and you have not moved the torch and the settings are all still intact then “Yes.” Click on the line or loop on the visualizer that you want to start the cut. FireControl will then ask if you want it to generate the program from that point. You say “Yes”. Then send the torch to “Work Zero.” Now press “Start.” [FireControlScreenShotRunFromLineLoop] This link goes to a longer description of what is happening and “how to do i…

But Terrance did a nice detailed description in that same thread:

Resume from same spot

There is a work-around, depending on a few things. 1- Do you know where the torch lost it’s cut? ( X / Y location.) 2 - Has to piece (base metal) moved? If you know the location where the cut stopped, and the metal hasn’t moved, it’s easy enough to modify the “Cut from here” code to get your results. (This assumes you haven’t changed home or moved your plate.) 1st - select the line of code that was running when the cut failed. If a long cut, make sure the beginning is selected. Use Start fr…

[ds690]

If you paused during a cut and not on the rapid between cuts, it doesn’t have any way to generate a new torch fire command in the original code.

Click on the line where you want to resume your cut. A screen will pop up with the option to run from loop or run from line. Loop will go back to the beginning of that cut loop and start from there. Line will start as close to where you clicked as the last line of code.

Either one will generate a new G code file to create a new pierce point and cut the rest of the program from that point forward.

[justgregg]

I think I did it right yesterday. Selected what I thought was the last or close to the code to continue. Selected loop from the screen and said yes to re generate the cut. It restarted the cut pretty far back on an existing cut but eventually it finished the cut. If I want a more accurate restart so I select the code closest to the top or the list?

[ChelanJim]

@justgregg

If I want a more accurate restart so I select the code closest to the top or the list?

I am not sure I would explain it in those terms. You want to find the “last cut contour” that was not completed successfully.

I would urge you to read the link that I referenced above that Terrance (@Simsworx ) wrote. It is very clear and detailed.

[ds690]

Loop starts at the original pierce point for that cutting loop.

Line starts at the line of code responsible for the section of a line that you clicked on in the design. (Click on the actual line in the drawing, not the line of code)

If you choose to “run from line” -

G code lines for motion control consist of straight lines and arcs. If you stopped on a long straight line, it will start from the beginning of that straight section of line. If you click on an arc, it will start at the beginning of that arc or curve.