There are two buttons "Touch Off" and "Tool Touch Off". You always use the same?
> Jon, > > I wrote a bunch of wizards for my mill and my lathe. I use one coordinate > system for the origin of the main part and a different origin for each each > wizard as it is called so that the wizard works with respect to the/an > origin. It makes the math in the wizard much simpler, especially when you are > doing something like rotating a rectangle. > > Alan > > > From: Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] cnc axis "Touch Off" > > Date: September 10, 2020 at 9:04:23 PM CDT > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > > > > > On 09/10/2020 08:28 PM, R C wrote: > >> I figured out the "touch off", and that it 'works' the same as homing, > >> functionally. > >> > >> > >> I wondered what all the different coordinate systems are for, their > >> differnces. > >> > >> (I know what a coordinat system is, mathematician here.) > > This allows you to set up an offset from a main coordinate system, for > > instance if you have several identical features to be machined on a part, > > one hunk of G-code could machine each part and then set up the offset to > > machine the next instance. > > > > It can also be used if you have several parts mounted in a fixture, one > > coord system for each part. > > > > Jon > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
