That's not what I'm looking for. I can position with G53, but I want to read that G53 position into a variable. On fanuc and mits controls, machine position for X is #5021 and absolute position for X from current offset is #5041, much like how skip position is #5061. When you're writing macro programs for things, sometimes you want to do calculations from current abs position and relate it back to machine coordinate. Only way I can do it currently is store the values i want in an ini (tool setter position, etc) and access it that way, which is fine for static values, but sometimes you want to capture a current machine position in real time for the macro calculations.
An example would be setting a work offset: G10 L2 P1 X#5021 Y#5022 Phil T. The Feral Engineer Check out my LinuxCNC tutorials, machine builds and other antics at www.youtube.com/c/theferalengineer Help support my channel efforts and coffee addiction: www.patreon.com/theferalengineer On Mon, Jul 26, 2021, 1:00 PM Nicklas SB Karlsson <n...@nksb.eu> wrote: > > 5420 gives me current position from my work offset zero. I want current > > position from my machine home (g53) position > > Then you use "G53 Move in Machine Coordinates"? Or? > > > Phil T. > > The Feral Engineer > > > > Check out my LinuxCNC tutorials, machine builds and other antics at > > www.youtube.com/c/theferalengineer > > > > Help support my channel efforts and coffee addiction: > > www.patreon.com/theferalengineer > > > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 5:02 PM <fr...@franksworkshop.com.au> wrote: > > > > > Isn't that #5420? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Feral Engineer <theferalengin...@gmail.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, 25 July 2021 7:39 AM > > > To: EMC developers <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> > > > Subject: [Emc-developers] Question for the devs > > > > > > Hello devs, > > > > > > I have a question. In Fanuc land, #5021 is the X axis system variable > for > > > machine home position (axis 1, really), 5022 is axis 2, etc. Linuxcnc > does > > > not have these variables. I'm wondering how hard it would be to add > them? > > > Having access to the machine coordinate system is helpful in writing > logic > > > for various things (as is goto, but I'm not pressing my luck). Unless > > > there's an alternate variable I could use, like #<_axis_1_mach_pos> > > > something like that? Also, not sure how familiar you guys are with G65 > and > > > G66 macro calls. Is this something up for consideration in the future? > Just > > > curious is all. I'm a macro maniac. > > > > > > Tyia > > > > > > > > > Phil T. > > > The Feral Engineer > > > > > > Check out my LinuxCNC tutorials, machine builds and other antics at > > > www.youtube.com/c/theferalengineer > > > > > > Help support my channel efforts and coffee addiction: > > > www.patreon.com/theferalengineer > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-developers mailing list > > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-developers mailing list > > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > -- > Nicklas SB Karlsson <n...@nksb.eu> > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
