Sorry for taking so long to respond to this, jury duty is keeping me busy and tired. At any rate, I out of habit use machine coordinates all the time. Perhaps a better example of what I would like to be able to do is this. I use a manual tool height setter. I put it a new tool, then jog Z down until the tool height setter shows 0 on its dial. Now I need to be able to tell EMC that the Z axis is at 2 inches above the work. How can I do this in EMC? I have tried the work offsets as suggested and that is not working for me. In Mach3 I just click on the Z axis DRO and enter 2.00 and I am ready to go.
Thanks John Guenther 'Ye Olde Pen Maker' Sterling, VIrginia On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 11:39 +0100, Bernhard Kubicek wrote: > I usually home all axis once in axis, then jog to my intended origin, say > x->touch off->0,y->touch off->0, and of course z->touch off->0.1 or the > minimal amount i am over the piece. > I have no home switches. > > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Alex Joni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You use the touchoff button for that: > > http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//gui_axis.html#cap:Touch-Off > > > > G54 should be active by default (unless you select another coordinate > > system > > using g55..g59.3). > > > > Regards, > > Alex > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Guenther" <[email protected]> > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:26 PM > > Subject: [Emc-users] DAQ of the day. > > > > > > > Good Morning, > > > > > > I am new to EMC2, I used EMC when I first got into CNC but switched to > > > Mach for many reasons that are not worth discussing here. My question > > > relates to initial part setup. I can't seem to find a simple way to > > > tell my mill where zero is. I use an electronic edge finder, so for > > > esample I jog the X axis around until I couch the left edge of the part. > > > Now, how do I tell EMC2 this is X0.0? If it makes any difference this > > > is a small benchtop mill and the way I work X0, Y0 is the lower left > > > corner of the part or material and none of my g-code uses the G54 - > > > G59.3 Select Coordinate System codes. > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > John Guenther > > > 'Ye Olde Pen Maker' > > > Sterling, Virginia > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Download Intel® 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 > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Download Intel® 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 > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® 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 > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
