On Friday, 11 March 2022 00:19:37 EST gene heskett wrote: Talking to myself again.
> This machine is running bullseye. > > And I need to setup a sim of my 6040 mill for gcode writing purposes. And a thought just came to mind because the backplot can't trace the tool points z motion. So I can't watch the spiral take shape in the backplot, no way to offset the tool tip image fom zero. So regardless of what B does, I get a straight single red line in the backplot. To say thats unhelpfull is an understatement. Setup a code loop to carve the shape of the tooth in terms of y and z offsets\motions to prove the shape of the tooth in the backplot. Then plug a subroutine into the loop that actually does the carving. But for that, I need to turn off the backplot trace during the subroutine to keep it from overwriting everything else. So I could track the screws tooth shape and cutting progress in the backplot without cluttering it with the YB motions of the subroutine. Is such a thing do-able? If it is, how? Thanks. 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, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
