I am having a problem with cutting curves, rounded corners, circles etc. The tool will slow down and jerk around the curves. My table is about 2 years old and it has been a problem since day 1 AXYZ assures me that my table is set up correctly. This happens no matter what application I use to create the paths in. I have tried optimizing in i-cut but that did not help.

Performance of cutting curves depends on a few things both in i-cut and the AXYZ operating system.


AXYZ:
There are settings for acceleration and centrifugal acceleration accessible from Tool Path. Altering these settings will greatly affect the performance of the system and might cause jerky movements. If you haven’t already done so, you should check these settings with AXYZ support to ensure they are within range for normal operation.


i-cut:
The Output Tolerance value – accessible from the System Options dialog – can greatly affect the geometry of the curves you are outputting to the machine. The default value is 0.0008 in – you should check your setting and make it the same if it is different.

Curve quality – you mentioned in your post that you have tried to create the curves several different ways and optimized in i-cut – if you could send one of the files to support@icutvision.com we can take a look at it and let you know if we think the problem is related to the quality of the curves you are trying to produce.

I have been assured by AXYZ that all Tool Path settings are correct. My tolerance settings are also correct. This problem will even happen when I use rounded corners in i-cut. I even make a simple circle in illustrator or Enroute and the problem will occur. If I cut the same circle using toolpath the problem goes away.

Thanks

If you can email us a file that you have run on your system, along with the time it took to run, we will try to re-create the issue here on our AXYZ unit.

Thanks