I had actually thought, after my last post, that I should switch all to metric, as both Candle and UGS seem to default to metric. So, did that. The things I want to do are not dependent on Imperial units.
Created new part, visualizations all show it working, but something in the Gcode is not right.
UGS says "G-code motion exceeds machine travel", while Candle spins the motor, then stops. It's stopping at the first G1 line...
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G17 G90
G21
(Begin operation: Fixture)
(Path: Fixture)
G54
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(Begin operation: TC: Default Tool)
(Path: TC: Default Tool)
(TC: Default Tool)
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( M6 T1.0 )
M3 S1000
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(Begin operation: Profile)
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G0 Z5.000
(Finish operation: Profile)
(Begin postamble)
M5
G17 G90
M2
Exasperating, it is...