> -----Original Message----- > From: John Kasunich [mailto:jmkasun...@fastmail.fm] > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 12:00 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Progress, if I spell it right > > > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017, at 08:56 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > But another problem I have mentioned previously ate my lunch, about 2 > > hours and some material yesterday while making the first 8 brass > > screws for the rear of the spindle spider. Axis couples the 4 motion > > keys to the two teeny little tally eyeballs at the top of the axis > > left control panel. So you can set the speed to creep, run it to the > > reference position, and do a touch off which is automatically applied > > to the last axis moved. > > > > But HAL doesn't!!!!!!! One must get close enough to the monitor to see > > which axis has the focus, and fix it if its wrong before doing the > > touch off. > > > > I have accidentally touched off the wrong axis before, and I agree that it is very > frustrating. But I don't blame the software. Sure, it might be _convenient_ for > the touch-off dialog to default to whatever axis was moved last. But that is > only a convenience. For example, suppose I'm trying to get a lathe tool > touched off. I might use jogging or MDI to take a light cut, then jog (or MDI) > the Z axis to get the tool clear _without_ moving X. Then I can get out the > micrometer, measure the diameter I just cut, and touch off X accordingly. > > Note that I moved Z last but want to touch off X.... > > After accidentally touching off the wrong axis once or twice I learned that it is > MY JOB to make sure I'm touching off the right axis. The software can't read > my mind. Sure, I _often_ want to touch off the last axis I moved, but not > _always_ > > -- > John Kasunich > jmkasun...@fastmail.fm
Of course it is the operator's responsibility to do the right thing and I hate software that makes it difficult/impossible to make my own decisions. That said, an undo button would be really nice! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
