No reason you shouldn't be able to do all the tool changes in a single file.
On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Ken Strauss <ken.stra...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > You wrote: "Based on what we've done with Mach3, I don't expect we're going > to do toolchanges within a single file. When we generate toolpaths with > Vectric Aspire for example, if you use multiple tools and it's not an ATC > you generate one G-code file per tool." > > I frequently use Vectric Cut2D for CAM with a LinuxCNC system (actually > Tormach's PathPilot). I don't have an ATC but frequently generate a single > GCode file using multiple tools. I believe that all Vectric products use > similar posts and that having a "begin TOOLCHANGE" section in the post is > what it takes to allow multiple tools in a single file. Also, all tool table > fields can be zero without complaint but that could be a PathPilot change. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Danny Miller [mailto:dan...@austin.rr.com] >> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 2:11 PM >> To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' >> Subject: [Emc-users] Toolchange M6 >> >> I am setting up a manual toolchange CNC router system. In the past >> I've worked extensively with Mach3. >> >> Someone just brought up g-code from an automated CAM that started with >> "M6 T1", and it barfed on loading because "T1 isn't a defined tool in the > tool >> table". This was the one and only tool in the file and already manually > zeroed >> so nothing needed to be done for it, but being an automated CAM, we > couldn't >> readily tell the CAM program to simply not say that. >> >> We made a tool table entry for T1 with bogus values ("T1" may be a 1/4 > ball >> mill on one CAM generation, then a 1/8" endmill on another, but at least > it's in >> a tool table) and yet still got some sort of error (sorry I don't have it > written >> down), then in the MDI typed "M6 T1" and got it to accept it it to run. > Weird. >> >> Based on what we've done with Mach3, I don't expect we're going to do >> toolchanges within a single file. When we generate toolpaths with Vectric >> Aspire for example, if you use multiple tools and it's not an ATC you > generate >> one G-code file per tool. >> >> IIRC, I had Mach3 set up to ignore the FIRST tool setup, because it was >> presumed you'd already set that up and to throw a "please change tool" >> message with a superfluous stop is annoying. But a second tool > specification >> WOULD, because that's an actual change. At least I think it did, I rarely > used >> multiple tools in the same file. >> >> I see there's the "hal_manualtoolchange" component which seems like it > would >> fix this. Is that the logical answer? Can I ditch the tool table? >> >> Danny >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- >> Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications > Manager >> Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple > tiers of >> your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and > reduces >> your MTTR. Get your free trial! >> https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager > Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple tiers of > your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and > reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! > https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple tiers of your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
