On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 23:13 -0500, John Kasunich wrote:
> The Mach manual says "In Absolute it will, of course usually be
> necessary to use both I and J words unless by chance the arc's centre is
> at the origin."  So Mach is using zero if you don't specify I or J (or
> K, depending on the plane).

I would interpret that to mean the "origin" point of the arc, ie. the
current position. So if I or J were left out, then the current X or Y
value would be used (and the current Z for K in those cases).

I don't know if that justifies anything, but I think it makes the
behavior deterministic.

Thanks,
Matt



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