On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Steve Blackmore <st...@pilotltd.net> wrote:
> Not quite - press Feed hold, stop spindle then jog -X to clear tool, > then +Z to get out of bore, replace tip. Start spindle, press cycle > start. Tool did a combined XZ move at current feed rate to where it > stopped then continued from there. That's a great example how it might be tricky in general. In your case, a simultaneous XZ move was appropriate, as would be Z followed by X, but not X followed by Z. In another configuration (e.g. facing) the opposite would have been true, and I can imagine cases where neither would work (e.g. a center stub in an undercut bore hole, requiring a Z->X->Z->X move). This doesn't mean that it isn't a desirable feature that should be implemented, just that it isn't as simple as you portray it to be. Since a full interference detection doesn't seem sensible, it'd have to be some big fat warning window that it's your responsibility to clear the tool path. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
