Using a pen plotter with avid sheetcam

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Using a pen plotter with avid sheetcam

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I got my pen plotter but in my version of sheetcam i only have plasma or drilling operations, anyone know how to get one i can use the pen plotter with?
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I use my pen with a plasma operation. Just make a new tool. I think it's a marker tool. Then set the operation to have no leads and no offset.
I think you can also use it as a rotary tool with a very small diameter.
You can turn on the rotary operations in the options menu.
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Yes you use a rotary tool in SheetCam no pierce or cut start needed only z movement to touch the paper surface and down about 0.10" and zero out the Z dro then run your g-code.
I sent you a DOC from the Google drive for you to download, it shows the setup steps.

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Re: Using a pen plotter with avid sheetcam

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acourtjester wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 9:27 pm Yes you use a rotary tool in SheetCam no pierce or cut start needed only z movement to touch the paper surface and down about 0.10" and zero out the Z dro then run your g-code.
I sent you a DOC from the Google drive for you to download, it shows the setup steps.

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I requested it from the link you sent
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I just OKed the request, let me know if you still have a problem with the google link.
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