On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 18:22 +0200, Slavko Kocjancic wrote: > Chris Reynolds pravi: > > I've been using EMC2 now for a while and I really like it. I just have a > > couple of questions. A lot of the parts I'm making require tool changes, > > and what I've found is that it would be really nice to have the program run > > a section, then pause so I can jog the machine, change tools, touch off, > > then resume the program. I've been using M00 to pause the program at > > different points so I can change tools, however I have to actually stop the > > program in order to jog the machine and do my tool change, then after I'm > > done I have to touch off again, then highlight the next line of code in the > > preview window at the bottom and then right click and select start from > > here. Is there a better way to do it? I'm honestly not well versed in gcode > > since I'm self-taught, but I'd like to streamline my process if it's > > possible. It's nothing critical mind you, and it's in no way a complaint > > against EMC2, just something that I had been wondering about. In fact it > > was only the > > other night that I learned that while touching off I could use the I and > > C keys to jump back and forth between constant jogging and interval jogging > > and then use the END key to set the offset. hahaha I know I know I'm > > probably WAY behind on learning gcode, but anyway if anyone has a > > suggestion I would be most grateful. > > > > Chris > > > > For jogging just look little back to the topic Jog under pause/toolchange > if you lazy one then just check > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/17898/match= > > and use it. When program hit's M6 you can jog machine. And Warning! Jog > machine back to the position where was before M6 so be shure the path is > free. > > Slavko
Set tool change position in your .ini. M6, IRRC should then take you to that position, you change tools and resume. It may take a bit more than that but not much. Dave > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
