On Sunday 05 August 2018 18:03:53 andy pugh wrote: > On 5 August 2018 at 19:31, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Are these angles to be expressed as the angle from the chip > > centerline, or in an absolute angle assuming 0 degrees is exactly > > away from the operator? > > Neither. > They are the angles of the tool flanks from a zero-degree line that > extends along the Z axis. > > (The diagram of the tool orientations does include some front and back > angles to clarify this point) > That did not bite me on the ankle Andy. Thanks for the clue, but it really needs to be in the text of the Doc.pdf.
> At the moment the angles are only used by the Axis preview, so you > don't really need to be too fussy about them. Tool paths (corrected) are I assume to be the nearest of the 8 positions, or are those actually calculated from data in the tool table (and fussed about if obviously wrong I hope. This, not having tried it, has obviously not been tested) > In the future, when TypeII G71 is properly introduced then the angles > will be used for gouge-prevention. > > (Already working in the Python mockup) Great! Do carry on then ;-) In 2.8.0 final? Thanks Andy. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
