On 01/11/2014 12:57 PM, John Alexander Stewart wrote: > Hi all; > > I've got a large bit of steel milling to do, and am changing tools > mid-stream every 1mm or so of depth. (6mm end mills, 12.7mm depth) > > Is it possible that the "stop program execution" causes loss of position? > > What I'm doing is, when the end mill is close to a point where not much > milling is being done, I: > - stop the program; > - change end mills; > - zero the Z axis based on this end mill; > - edit the program so that the tool will start off where I want it; > - and, go. > > I know that there's probably a better way of pausing program operation to > do a tool change and Z axis touch off, but I can't think that to do at the > moment. > > What do *you* do, to change tools mid-stream? > > There is a "run from line" option in the edit menu. You can restart the program from any line. There are problems if the program has multiple calls to the same subroutine, however. If it is just continuous G-code moves, however, this works, so you don't have to edit away the beginning of the program.
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