That is how I do it. There are three radio buttons, one for each axis. It defaults to the last axis moved which is usually z.
Dave On Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 19:01 R C <cjv...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was just playing with it a bit, > > > I have the idea, that , like homing is done per axis, "touching Off" is > done per axis too? > > > > thanks, > > > Ron > > > > > > On 9/10/20 4:50 PM, jrmitchellj wrote: > > On a Mill setup, touch-off only affects the Z axis. You will need to > find > > your X0, and Y0 positions. I use the end key to bring up the dialog and > > set the offset. > > > > --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. > > jrmitche...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > "Good enough is the enemy of excellence"author unknown > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 2:51 PM R C <cjv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> > >> this is probably a rookie question, but sometime when I do a "Touch > >> Off", the Z-position indeed becomes 0, but the X and Y are not. Then > >> in teh axis program, it will still go to the "first" spot where it needs > >> to start milling, and in the drawing it fllows the correct > >> lines/pattern, but since the tuch off wasn't in the origin (0, 0, 0) on > >> the actual workpiece/part the machining is off (and consequently goes > >> out of the material, and starts milling air at some point. > >> > >> > >> I am wondering why that happens? Is that a mistake I sometimes make in > >> Freecad, or is that something I do wrong touching off? (I am fairly sure > >> it is not a bug). > >> > >> > >> How can I make sure that I am actually touching off at (0, 0, 0) ? > >> > >> > >> thanks, > >> > >> > >> Ron > >> > >> (sorry if I have some terminology incorrect, but you know ... rookie > here.) > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
