Sometimes you may want to register a part using a feature that's a known coordinate distance from where you want to "zero" for the purposes of the program; you don't have to zero the machine at the touch-off point. Sometimes you can write a nice, easy to read routine if only you use a machine zero that's just plain not any good to touch off - like the middle of a face. Or maybe you're cleaning up a castment that has wiggle-room for zero but you want to get as close to the middle as possible in case there's porosity. Or stay away from a sprue or vent, or many other reasons. Well, what you can do is touch off on a feature like the corner of that face and tell the machine "Zero is right over there". And many machines come with buttons which "reset" one or more axes by doing exactly this - only with a canned routine.
*Ryan McIntosh* E4F Designs (204)770-3682 r...@pebkac.ca On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 8:28 PM Billy Huddleston via Emc-users < emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I'm unfamiliar with G10 commands or how they would apply to this. I read > over the documentation on them and don't quiet understand how they would > work for this. > > On 4/20/24 6:59 AM, andy pugh wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 at 02:12, Billy Huddleston via Emc-users < > emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > > > However, When > > > > you touch off a part, you nuke out your Original G54, or G55 > locations. > > > > > > It might help to consider that the various touch-off commands in the > GUIs just run various versions of the G10 command behind the scenes. > > So you could set up buttons to reset the axes or tool table. > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed > for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
