On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 05:31:11AM -0800, Michael Grundvig wrote:
I've also tried stopping the operation but I can't figure out how
to get it to resume at the line where it left off properly.
You are right that you have to stop the program to do all this other
stuff involved in changing the
I had this same problem and wanted to use MDI to move the table and Z
axis to make the tool change and zero the Z axis. Leslie Newell created
a revised hal_manualtoolchange which I have attached. The exchanges
that explain it were under Using MDI during a Program? starting about
june 24 09
You could write a simple program or script, even in basic, to parse the g
code file after it is generated, and insert a few lines of code before and
after a M06. Make it lift the Z to a certain height and return afterwards.
It may even be possible to insert this into your post-processor function,
It may even be possible to insert this into your post-processor function,
depending on the versatility of the program.
This is available in Cambam. Cannot recall where exactly it is, but there
is the option to add snippets of gcode with certain actions
You might ask on the CamBam forums.
Roland Jollivet wrote:
You could write a simple program or script, even in basic, to parse the g
code file after it is generated, and insert a few lines of code before and
after a M06. Make it lift the Z to a certain height and return afterwards.
It may even be possible to insert this into
Michael Grundvig m...@... writes:
Note: I posted this on CNCzone.com last night, but I think I'll get a better
response here. Sorry for the cross-post.
I feel like a fool but I don't get the trick with tool-changing. I use CamBam
to create the gcode for a series of
operations that
