> > One thing to note is that EMC2 removes a fair amount of the complexity > from 5-axis code generation, specifically tool offsets and the like. > Once you have a correct kinematics module for your machine, the G-code > becomes a 5-axis "TOV" - Tool Orientation Vector. The post doesn't have > to calculate all the joint positions, it tells EMC2 to move the tool > endpoint to a particular position, at a particular angle, and EMC2 > (through kinematics) figures out where the joints need to go. That > calculation includes tool length and diameter offsets, so theoretically > (and Stuart can tell you more about the reality of it), you can take a > 5-axis job from one EMC2 machine to another EMC2 machine, and as long as > the set of supported axes is the same (XYZ AB vs. XYZ BC, for instance), > you shold be able to run that code, even with a different set of > available tools. >
Interesting, does this mean that 5 axis machines with fanuc/heidenhain/whatever controls work different? Dirk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
