That is interesting and useful, but I wonder if probing the important features and simply tracing a scan or a photograph of the profile in CAD would be quicker and easier for that particular part.
On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 11:25 AM John Dammeyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Pretty cool. > John > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: andy pugh [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: February-07-20 1:59 AM > > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Probing a Profile > > > > On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 at 23:52, andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > And here is the G-code routine I used. > > > > Which is usable, but slightly flawed, in that if the probe _just_ > > catches a corner, the retract distance means that the "i missed" > > circle can miss the work. > > So a slight re-think needed there. > > > > I made a video of the process, showing how at one corner I needed to > > poke the probe by hand to get it to find the work. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO8lLaV6pbw > > > > I have also just realised that there is a fairly easy way to auto stop > > using the well-known concept of "winding number" which #1 is > > accidentally calculating > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_in_polygon#Winding_number_algorith > > m > > > > Rather than O100 WHILE [#<_flood> EQ 0] (use the flood button to stop > > and save data) > > > > I could use O100 WHILE [#1 < 361] > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > � George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- "Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist." -Kenneth Boulding, economist Corporations are NOT people and money is NOT speech! _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
