On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 05:20:17PM -0600, Jon Elson wrote: > Here's what I did: > > I set up X, Y and Z axes to align with part, using right mouse click > over axis > display. Run program to end, with M02 at end of program. (axes reset to > original setting). > > Rerun program, and it has G92.3 in first block. This resets the coord > system > to the part's coords established previously.
This sounds right so far. > NOW, here's the rub : I need to reset the Z coordinate because I have > removed and > replaced the tool in the collet. When I do this, ALL the coords are > reset! Can you give a more exact description of what you did and what happened here? What did you do in the GUI, what did the numbers incorrectly reset to, etc? I think you could set just Z with G92.3; G92 Z... > Does anyone know what is happening here? Not yet, I think we should get a better description of the problem first. > Does Axis do a better job of this? AXIS moves G54 which is not bothered by M2. Typically AXIS users leave G92 set to all zeroes. Of course you can do that with tkemc too, it's just not so automatic. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
