On Sunday 23 December 2018 16:08:08 Jon Elson wrote: > On 12/23/2018 01:41 PM, Marcus Bowman wrote: > > G92.1 cancels all G92 offsets, so that always goes in the > > initialisation block in all my programs. If I am cutting rows of > > holes, with simple or complex outlines, I always go the the hole > > position, then use a subroutine to cut the hole. The subroutine > > always begins with G92 and always ends with G92.1 > > First, you have to understand that HOME is different from > workpiece OFFSET. > G10 L2 or G92 sets a workpiece offset, and can set it in one > of 9 coordinate systems (G54 through G59.3). Touch off in > the Axis GUI also does this. > The way I'm reading it Jon,starting at page184 in ht mater dov pll ; and the max estimated correction being less than 50 thou, g92 corrects all maps, where as the G1 L2 P# only effects a single map at a time. Am I mistaken? This is master, not a 2.7.xx. > HOME is to set the limits of travel of the machine, and is > very useful as it will detect placement of workpieces that > exceed this travel BEFORE starting the program. Saves a LOT > of wasted time and materials. It also allows you to run the > same part day after day, once the fixture has been set up > once. > > Jon
Thanks Jon. > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users