Well normally the top of the material is Z0... and you use the touch off button for that as it has nothing to do with homing.
Yes, you can add a PyVCP button to issue a MDI command to set the Z material height. JT On 4/12/2015 10:07 AM, Neil wrote: > Another couple things I can't yet find... > > (1) How do I tell LinuxCNC that I am at a specific position. So I set Z > to touch the top of a part and I want to tell it that's Z=-20. In Mach > 3, I type the value in the DRO-displayed field. > > (2) Extra credit -- is there any way for me to set the Z-position to > touch the top of a part (or table), then have one button set that to > Z=-20, then it would automatically home X and Y? This would just make > setup as simple as possible. > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT > Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard > Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises > http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- event?utm_ > source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- event?utm_ source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
