On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 06:44:06PM +0000, Andy Pugh wrote: > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode_main.html#sec:G96,-G97:-Spindle > > Says that spindle speed is calculated on the basis of machine X > position and Tool Offset.
That used to be true. > This appears to mean machine absolute position? With my machine X(abs) > runs from 0 to -130 but the G54 offsets are set to make that work > properly for machining. > CSS appears to work, with the speed hitting the max as the tool tip > reaches the middle of the work, so have I just got lucky, or is the > documentation not entirely true? Yes now it works properly considering G43, G5x and G92 offsets. So no matter how you set the X part zero, you get the right CSS. > As a secondary question, is G96 affected by G7 (Diameter) mode? I am > wondering if I am running at half (or twice) the requested speed. > I guess it is an easy enough question to answer with a calculator. Not affected. Surface speed is surface speed. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
