On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 at 05:22, R C <cjv...@gmail.com> wrote: > It sounds like the coordinate systems in essence are the same, they > just have a different origin, for all the other parts, it's just the > same thing, just translated and/or rotated for another part?
Yes, and there is also only rotation about the axis supported. (I did just find myself wondering if you could put a set of direction cosines in UVW but then decided that there probably isn't much call for that.) http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/gcode/coordinates.html -- 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 Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users