On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:55:56 -0500, you wrote: >emc (and so this is a limitation shared by all the GUIs, not just axis) >is designed to separate different activities into different "modes". In >"auto" mode, you can run a program and in "manual" mode you can do >things like jog. There's no way for a running program to switch out of >"auto" into "manual" temporarily. It would take a substantial amount of >coding to change this.
Hi Jeff - thanks for the answer, but a major drawback IMO :( It doesn't make EMC very user friendly for those without toolchangers or setable tool lengths, only way around it I can see is load each tool as a separate program, and if you happen to break an insert or tool - I guess your sunk. Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
