On 2/28/2014 12:49 PM, John Alexander Stewart wrote: > Andy; > > I could be persuaded to have some sympathy for this viewpoint, actually. >> If G-code simply moved axes in absolute machine space and everything else >> was done in the pre-processor then thing would be a great deal simpler. > > I wonder what will happen when they get *two* extruders going (support + > final materials) and find that they have two slightly different heights of > extruder nozzles - maybe re-invent tool offsets, but call it something > different.
Why re-invent tool offsets when you can simply use a different coordinate space...it's not like they're useful for anything else: http://reprap.org/wiki/Gcode#G10:_Head_Offset http://reprap.org/wiki/Gcode#T:_Select_Tool <sigh> -- Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net
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