Please keep in mind hat in a production environment you might never touch off a tool. An optical tool setter is often used to measure the tool length to gage line while the machine is running another job. When you set up the next job, all the tool lengths are entered in at once. -Tony
> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Radek [mailto:ch...@timeguy.com] > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 9:30 AM > To: tjm...@cableone.net; Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Axis GUI > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 01:01:30AM -0700, Terry wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have been running the Axis GUI in a production setting > > on a HURCO vmc now for a good 3 months now and have > > no issues other than one.I find that I forget to reload > > the tool table.I guess in my mind when I hit save Im done > > with that part.Maybe a reload tool table button near the > > program reload button would work or when I close the table > > it gets reloaded.I suppose with the automatic reload on closing > > the tool table could not be accessed while running a program. > > Also maybe some horizontal lines on the table to help make > > sure that you are making changes to the right tool. > > > > These complaints are overshadowed by the good things > > about Axis,number one being the fact you can click on > > a line in the plot and it goes to that line of code. > > Everytime I show that to someone they think it is the coolest. > > > > > In EMC2.3 AXIS you can touch off a tool length, just like you touch > off a coordinate system origin. I have found that I don't edit the > tool table manually anymore. I would never go back! > > Chris > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, > CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the > Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source > participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: > SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
