On 3 Feb 2009 at 8:25, Chris Radek wrote:
> I never had a problem with moving the splash screen, but I do > think > doing it with G92 is a bad idea. This is for two reasons: (1) If > a > user aborts the splash screen run, he will have offsets remaining > that > are confusing, and (2) if a user jogs before running it, it will > not > run at the location the preview is showing. I think both of these > would be quite baffling to a new user, the one you are trying to > help. I agree 100%... I use G92 so often that I didn't think it through. Now if I can find the other demo file that I ran when I first started with EMC that left me with an offset after I ran it when I knew less than nothing about EMC... Boy was I confused for a while. > > I like the current solution much better. I think it accomplishes > the same goal without causing the confusion. > > Another change you suggested, which is to change the safety height > to zero or below, violates a user expectation that the program can > be run with top of material set to zero. For that reason I am > against that change, and I think putting the comments in to make a > "mini tutorial" about how to touch off Z is a much better > solution. I think it is even better too. I've never was mad at you or Jeff (my shin did smart for a bit after Jeff kicked me) but that is ok now... Alex can I borrow your soccer shin guards? :) John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
