John Domville wrote: > > Ok, I will address future questions to the list. I was wondering why I > did not see the echo. > > I will try installing QCAD and see what happens. > > */_Next “Area”_/* > > I have been playing with the MDI mode of AXIS and also trying to get > my feet wet with G code. > > What would be a simple two or three line G code entry to move the y > Axis +.005? > > Do you need the “G20”, which is inches, in there somewhere? > > I tried: > > G20 > > G1 Y+.005 > > And when I ran it I got an error that there was no feed rate. > > I guess it’s time to dig into the G Code tutorial > You would usually select your measurement units once per program, or have the machine default to what you use.
G1 Y.005 F25 might be a reasonable line. Both the G1 and the F25 are modal, and so will remain in effect until changed by another setting of their group. So, the next block could be just : Y.01 to move an additional .005 units. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
