On Saturday 15 August 2015 14:54:54 Chris Radek wrote: > On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 01:06:13PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > FWIW, G20 mode (inches) is in effect, but a 6.35 for tool D in > > tool.tbl makes it normally visible as a 1/4" mill. So the tool.tbl > > entries are being treated as milimeters. This doesn't seem right, > > but can be worked around if that what it is for 2.8. > > If the units of your configuration (ie ini file) are mm, this is > the correct behavior. > > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.6/html/gcode/tool_compensation.html#_tool_t >able_format > > It would be wildly wrong for the tool table diameters and lengths to > be interpreted according to g20/g21. > I can get that Chris. I had set it to mm's because I wanted to get more at ease with them. I didn't meet the metric world till the '40's when I got interested in electronics. Old habits of measuring things in yards. feet and inches die hard.
Thanks for not applying that 4 foot 2x2. :) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
