This is something I have never understood too well either so I am gonna be listening intently LOL.... carry on.
Pete On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Stuart Stevenson <stus...@gmail.com> wrote: > How many times are you calling the subroutine? > > > g54 > call > > g55 > call > > g56 > call > > ... > > > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Kenneth Lerman > <kenneth.ler...@se-ltd.com>wrote: > > > On 5/10/2013 4:18 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > > > Today I was helping my client to prepare a g-code for their new > machine I > > > built. > > > The particular code was manually optimized for faster performance and I > > > thought that having a code for one part in subroutine and then creating > > > another file, which just moves around material and calls subroutine in > > > appropriate places would be easier than hand-optimizing one big and > long > > > g-code file. > > > > > > Since I have not had any experience with subroutines so far, I looked > in > > > manuals. Based on them I was able to define subroutine and call it from > > the > > > master file. > > > > > > What I do not know, how to do properly, is when the subroutine has been > > > called once and is finished, machine moves to next point to call the > > > subroutine again. How do I move subroutine's coordinate origin to the > new > > > spot? > > > > > > I tried 2 things: > > > 1) G55 is specified at the beginning of subrouting file; > > > in master file I had: > > > G21 > > > G54 > > > G40 G90 > > > G64 P0.02 > > > G0 Z15 > > > G0 x0 y0 > > > G10 L2 P2 X0 Y0 Z15 > > > o101 call > > > G54 > > > G0 Z15 > > > G0 X0 Y200 > > > G10 L2 P2 X0 Y0 Z15 > > > o101 call > > > .... > > > > > > 2) then I tried to move G10 L2 P2 X0 Y0 Z15 to subroutine so that it is > > > done in subroutine > > > > > > Anyway, none of these 2 approaches work properly, G55 origin is not > moved > > > and as soon the subroutine was called for the second time, machine > > started > > > to move somewhere. Z axis was moving down too much, so I never allowed > it > > > to finish as it really seemed to be willing to crash the tool in > material > > > (I tested it in the air some 100 mm above material). > > > > > > I would appreciate, if someone could share some working example of how > to > > > do these things properly. > > > > > I usually just specify the coordinates as arguments to the subroutine. > > For example, if I have a subroutine that mills a circular pocket, I pass > > the center of the pocket as the first two arguments to the subroutine. > > > > Ken > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and > > their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed > > leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. > > Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > -- > dos centavos > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and > their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed > leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. > Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
