Let’s say, for example, you have a part that takes some machining at some angle to the parts normal X, Y, and Z. My CAD/CAM software will let me pick a 3D face and will align to that for generating the code. Is it possible to do something similar with LinuxCNC? like if you need to machine a flat and drill a hole at 45 degrees between the X and Z, can you rotate the CNC coordinate system 45 degrees about the Y axis so that when you jog X, the machine moves X and Z at a 45 degree angle, and when you jog Z, the machine moves Z and X at 45 degrees (90 degrees from the X jog).
This jogging at an angle would be used to indicate the part and touch off the normal X and Z surfaces to properly align the part for machining the geometry at an angle. Sorry for my ignorance for the kinematics but I’m envisioning something like 3D trig where you can rotate the coordinate system in 3D, use jogging for aligning and touching off the part, then go back to machine coordinates and machine the geometry at the correct location and angle. Otherwise it seems difficult to stick a part in the vise at 45 degrees and position a hole as some coordinate from angled surfaces. Another thought that may be similar, if you could use probe input, you could rotate the part and touch off 3 points to define the planes for top, side, & end (XY, XZ, & YZ ?). I thought this might already be possible because I’ve read the LinuxCNC can do 6 axis (X,Y,Z, and A,B,C). Any thoughts? Can variables be used or calculated for rotating the machine kinematics (or coordinate system) to aid positioning parts at odd angles for machining? RogerN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
