On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky <[email protected]> wrote: > First of all, note that if you read the gcode in the bottom part of the Axis > window, it starts with a comment telling you how to get it to run. > > The way to machine this in any real situation would be to touch off the tool > to the top of the work, setting 0 as the top of work, and > giving yourself the room you need to traverse above the work. This is the > work flow that the gcode comments suggests.
sim/axis shows this behavior but axis_9axis and axis_mm runs right off the bat. In sin/axis, the comment suggests touching off, but doesn't say explicitly that you have to home first. There's an error message that says that MDI commands require homing but that's cryptic to a novice. May I suggest the following text in axis.ngc: ( AXIS "splash g-code" Not intended for actual milling ) ( To run this code anyway you might have to Touch Off the Z axis after the mill has been homed) ( depending on your setup. As if you had some material in your mill... ) ( Hint: jog the Z axis down a bit by clicking '-' then click "touch off"---this will shift the coordinate system ) ( to track the actual top surface of your material. ) ( Also press the Toggle Skip Lines with "/" to see that part ) ( If the program is too big or small for your machine, change the scale by adjusting parameter #3 below) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
