On 10/22/2014 2:33 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 22 October 2014 19:02, Dave Cole <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 10/22/2014 1:40 PM, andy pugh wrote: >>> Hmm, thinking about it, how hard would it be for CL to drive axes >>> directly? Perhaps that would go a long way towards helping. >> I think I have done what you are talking about. >> >> The limit3 component was key. > That is one way, but I was meaning some sort of direct control of > actual machine axes, such as moving the Z for a carousel or X and Y > (and Z) for a rack. > > Admittedly the rack is now pretty simple with remapping. Perhaps what > is really needed are a few documented examples of various styles of > toolchanger. > > There is a rack example in sim/axis/remap, but I haven't tried it. (I > don't actually have a toolchanger)
Do you mean over-riding the machine axes to do the tool change while the program is still running? Is this similar to the jog while paused problem, except that you are not paused? Dave --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
