yes I think you are right but why not just M6 T1 H68 instead of M6 T1 g43 H68
To me, the H implies a height offset because I do not think I use H any where else to get it confused with another G code? But whatever, in the end it is no big deal and maybe the standard is to have G43.... On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Daniel Rogge <dro...@tormach.com> wrote: > > > On the mill (HAAS) you use the G43 Hxx for whatever tool you need. Not > sure > > why you need the G43, it seems redudant since I cannot think of another > > instance where I use H.... Maybe just tradition. > > > I always thought that this stemmed from shops with extensive tool libraries > that do off-line tool measurement. My old HAAS mini mill had a 10 pocket > ATC, and required M6 T1 - T10 commands to retrieve the tools from the > carousel. If I have 100 tools in my crib (which are measured offline) and I > put tool 68 in ATC position 1, I'd want to use an M6 T1 G43 H68 command to > apply the correct offset. Pro E's CAM dealt with this sort of thing nicely. > > Rogge > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Brian May 506.8862.9162 (Cell) 506.2293.6375 (Office) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
