On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 10:12:48AM -0400, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > I (now) understand the other side of the soft limit issue. I'd suggest > though, that soft limits is the wrong way to save the table on the milling > machine.
Yes I agree. > I might rename soft limit to safety limit. You should NEVER hit the > limit switch because if you do it at high speed, you can run right over it. > The safety limit would prevent hitting the limit switch. > > I would then add a new soft limit that is soft in the sense that the user > can move it to wherever he wants. He could replace the tool, touch the > table, and then push a button saying set Z- soft limit. Similarly for Z+, > X+, X-, Y+,Y-. Yes this is what I describe as "typewriter limits" in the feature request. They would be in addition to the existing soft limits whose purpose is only to keep you off your limit switches. > That would be a some more work for the developers, but I think it would > provide the desired functionality. Of course, one could imagine a facility > that let the user manually run the tool around all of the clamps, chucks, > fixtures, etc and set protective limits for them. Yes I can imagine that too. But what a can of worms that is. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
