On Jun 12, 2009, at Jun 12, 2009--3:39 PM, emc-users- requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > > From: Rainer Schmidt <lemonn...@gmail.com> > Date: Friday2009June 12 Friday2009June 123:37:02 PM PDT > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc- > us...@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Successive G0 moves > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller \(EMC\)" <emc- > us...@lists.sourceforge.net> > > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Shabbir > Hussain<s_hussai...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> G0 should not be used for cutting. It is only for positioning when >> the tool is at safe Z height (out of workpiece and clamps etc.). I >> have worked with Fanuc and Siemens controllers. In these >> controllers when G0 move is programmed, all the axis used in G0 >> move starts moving at rapid feeds (set in the parameters of the >> controller) and the axis that achieve the position just stops and >> others continue to run. So G0 move produces a non-linear move. >> This is normal behaviour. >> >> So G0 move should finally achieve the target position not the >> linear path. That is why it must be used for positioning. >> >> Thanks >> >> Shabbir Hussain > > Would > G0Z10 > G0X5Y8 > Posiiton Z first and then x and y? I did not spend to much thought > about this and find this thread potentially disaster avoiding... > Rainer >
That was exactly my point earlier. If I write: G0 Z1 X0 Y0 the program should never transform that into G0 Z1 X0 Y0 . Now I have never noticed this happening on my machine, but if it can happen under some circumstance, I would definitely consider it to be a bug. Alan --- Alan Condit 1085 Tierra Ct. Woodburn, OR 97071 Email -- acon...@ipns.com Home-Office (503) 982-0906 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users