On 20 March 2013 04:16, Igor Chudov <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. I would like to be able to say to the machine, in G code, that "wherever > we are on the A axis, call it zero degrees position".
G10 L2 P1 A0 > 2. Is that correct that feedrate F in a G1 statement that changes both X, > as well as A, only refers to the change of X? I can live with that, I just > want to know. Yes. You would cut the thread with G1 F10 X-2 A7200 to make a 10 tpi 2" long thread. However, F will not be the normal feedrate for a linear move, it needs to be modified by a factor of pi * D * TPI to give the right feedrate. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
