I too did think of a database for tools some time ago but kept quiet iirc. There could be the option to have tool holder being separate from tooling on the holder so offsets can be summed.
This is more obvious if you think shaft and spacers on a horizontal machine and cutters with their own offset from mounting edge to cutting edge, or for a gear milling cutter, its centerline from mounting edge. If you have two head using one changer, and tool IDx is currently in spindle one and spindle two then needs to wait till one has got to the next tool change. So should the tooling db be separate from emc so different machine instances can call up tooling, that would also enable tool setters to measure tooling and enter to the database. Dave Caroline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
