On 25 June 2013 11:52, David Armstrong <dave...@outlook.com> wrote: > i was thinking of using a component for probing tool length , rather > than from gcode macros or remapping
How would you move the Z axis to perform the probe? > for example as the tool was picked , it could query if the tool had been > measured or not by a flag in the tooltable , if not it could then do a > tool setting move to the probe plate .. Adding extra content to the tooltable is non-trivial. You might be able to re-purpose one of the offsets, or the comment field. > i think looking at Michaels remapping M6 toolchange example this can be > achieved , although looking at storing each individual tool information > back to the tool table may need some thought , or at least for me ! .... > > embedding this within the codebase seems right, There is a general move away from embeddig stuff into the codebase, and into areas where integrators can meddle with it. Anything hard-coded is generally hard-coded wrongly for somebody... -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
