>> Makes no sense whatsoever to program G17 when you are working in XZ >> plane? > > In some ways, no. But then "G17" only mentions the Y axis in the > documentation/description. It also indicates which axis is to be used > for the canned-cycle movement and a change to the description text > would fix the apparent nonsensicality. > With a lathe G83 could equally well be used for peck-drilling holes in > the end of the work with a drill in the toolpost (my current usage) > but it also seems very well suited to peck-parting work in which case > the movement would be in the X axis. > There needs to be some way to tell EMC which one you want, and > G17/18/19 do seem like the most compliant way to do that. > > One proposal that has occurred to me would be to add G18.1 and G18,3, > both mean that arcs are to be created in the XZ plane, with G18.1 > indicating canned-cycle movements in the X axis and G18.3 in the Z > (G18.2 would be movement in Y, perhaps a cut-off slide or drilling > head) > This proposal would mean that G81.3 could be programmed at the > beginning and then all conventional lathe-turning operations would > work as expected.
we already have G17.1/G18.1/G19.1 and they are explicitly the planes UV/WU/VW Regards, Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
