[Emc-users] couple of questions
I've been using EMC2 now for a while and I really like it. I just have a couple of questions. A lot of the parts I'm making require tool changes, and what I've found is that it would be really nice to have the program run a section, then pause so I can jog the machine, change tools, touch off, then resume the program. I've been using M00 to pause the program at different points so I can change tools, however I have to actually stop the program in order to jog the machine and do my tool change, then after I'm done I have to touch off again, then highlight the next line of code in the preview window at the bottom and then right click and select start from here. Is there a better way to do it? I'm honestly not well versed in gcode since I'm self-taught, but I'd like to streamline my process if it's possible. It's nothing critical mind you, and it's in no way a complaint against EMC2, just something that I had been wondering about. In fact it was only the other night that I learned that while touching off I could use the I and C keys to jump back and forth between constant jogging and interval jogging and then use the END key to set the offset. hahaha I know I know I'm probably WAY behind on learning gcode, but anyway if anyone has a suggestion I would be most grateful. Chris -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] couple of questions
Chris Reynolds pravi: I've been using EMC2 now for a while and I really like it. I just have a couple of questions. A lot of the parts I'm making require tool changes, and what I've found is that it would be really nice to have the program run a section, then pause so I can jog the machine, change tools, touch off, then resume the program. I've been using M00 to pause the program at different points so I can change tools, however I have to actually stop the program in order to jog the machine and do my tool change, then after I'm done I have to touch off again, then highlight the next line of code in the preview window at the bottom and then right click and select start from here. Is there a better way to do it? I'm honestly not well versed in gcode since I'm self-taught, but I'd like to streamline my process if it's possible. It's nothing critical mind you, and it's in no way a complaint against EMC2, just something that I had been wondering about. In fact it was only the other night that I learned that while touching off I could use the I and C keys to jump back and forth between constant jogging and interval jogging and then use the END key to set the offset. hahaha I know I know I'm probably WAY behind on learning gcode, but anyway if anyone has a suggestion I would be most grateful. Chris For jogging just look little back to the topic Jog under pause/toolchange if you lazy one then just check http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/17898/match= and use it. When program hit's M6 you can jog machine. And Warning! Jog machine back to the position where was before M6 so be shure the path is free. Slavko -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] couple of questions
On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 18:22 +0200, Slavko Kocjancic wrote: Chris Reynolds pravi: I've been using EMC2 now for a while and I really like it. I just have a couple of questions. A lot of the parts I'm making require tool changes, and what I've found is that it would be really nice to have the program run a section, then pause so I can jog the machine, change tools, touch off, then resume the program. I've been using M00 to pause the program at different points so I can change tools, however I have to actually stop the program in order to jog the machine and do my tool change, then after I'm done I have to touch off again, then highlight the next line of code in the preview window at the bottom and then right click and select start from here. Is there a better way to do it? I'm honestly not well versed in gcode since I'm self-taught, but I'd like to streamline my process if it's possible. It's nothing critical mind you, and it's in no way a complaint against EMC2, just something that I had been wondering about. In fact it was only the other night that I learned that while touching off I could use the I and C keys to jump back and forth between constant jogging and interval jogging and then use the END key to set the offset. hahaha I know I know I'm probably WAY behind on learning gcode, but anyway if anyone has a suggestion I would be most grateful. Chris For jogging just look little back to the topic Jog under pause/toolchange if you lazy one then just check http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/17898/match= and use it. When program hit's M6 you can jog machine. And Warning! Jog machine back to the position where was before M6 so be shure the path is free. Slavko Set tool change position in your .ini. M6, IRRC should then take you to that position, you change tools and resume. It may take a bit more than that but not much. Dave -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] couple of questions
Chris Reynolds wrote: I've been using EMC2 now for a while and I really like it. I just have a couple of questions. A lot of the parts I'm making require tool changes, and what I've found is that it would be really nice to have the program run a section, then pause so I can jog the machine, change tools, touch off, then resume the program. I've been using M00 to pause the program at different points so I can change tools, however I have to actually stop the program in order to jog the machine and do my tool change, then after I'm done I have to touch off again, The latest development version of EMC2 is supposed to have this feature, but I don't think it has been widely tested. You would have to download the source and compile it to get this feature now. But, if you actually have to touch off the tool on each change, it is not efficient to do things that way. It is easier to set up a fixture where you can quickly swap the parts in and out and do all processes with the first tool before moving on to the second. If it is a one-time job, why have all the different tools run from one program? Just make a different program for each tool. If you use end mill holders instead of ordinary collets, then you can swap tools in and have the tool length offsets pre-loaded in the tool table. Jon -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
