On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 17:30:43 -0600, you wrote:
>> >> Z, C an axis that rotates about the Z axis and W another axis parallel >> but independent of Z. > >Many machines, especially lathes, use UVW as relative positions. For >instance, G01 X1. W2. on a lathe will move X to 1 (absolute) while >moving Z 2 relative units from where it started. Not on the ones I'm familiar with? >(EMC doesn't do this.) What does EMC do? - You posted the following on 17th July 2007 Are you saying this is no longer true? >Hi all, > >I thought I should mention that I merged my nine-axis changes into >the cvs trunk. We now have fully coordinated motion in six linear >axes (UVWXYZ) and three rotary (ABC). > >Also, thanks to some work Jeff did, you can have any set of these >defined - whatever is appropriate for your machine. > >This ought to help with some simple things like knee vs quill on >mills (XYZW or XYZAW), as well as maybe being useful for some more >specialized setups like foam cutters (XYUV). > >Beware this meant expanding (actually filling in some holes) in the >var file. You may need to update yours from CVS if you're running >the trunk with a customized config. Ask if you need help, and if >you've been waiting for this please report successes or failures! > >Chris Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
