On 8 May 2012 04:18, Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com wrote:
I must say that most often what I do with touch off is to accept the
default zero value because I want to set the system origin where the
tool is. I also frequently type +/- an edge finder or probe tip
radius.
In some cases, though,
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I think current value and zero are the two initial values that make
the most sense, but I don't know which one is useful MORE of the time.
I suspect this is a matter of opinion and/or practice and opinion
will be split.
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Perhaps the desired behavior can be triggered by the INI
On Tuesday, May 08, 2012 11:17:37 AM andy pugh did opine:
On 8 May 2012 04:18, Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com wrote:
I must say that most often what I do with touch off is to accept the
default zero value because I want to set the system origin where the
tool is. I also frequently type +/-
On Tuesday, May 08, 2012 11:50:47 AM BRIAN GLACKIN did opine:
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I think current value and zero are the two initial values that make
the most sense, but I don't know which one is useful MORE of the time.
I suspect this is a matter of opinion and/or practice and opinion
will be
More exotic ideas might involve two entry boxes and two submit
buttons...
How about defaulting to the current position in the text box, and adding a
Zero button that zeros and submits in one click.
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On Wednesday, May 09, 2012 12:50:53 AM Frank Tkalcevic did opine:
More exotic ideas might involve two entry boxes and two submit
buttons...
How about defaulting to the current position in the text box, and adding
a Zero button that zeros and submits in one click.
I'll vote for that. :)
On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 09:39:27PM -0500, Kim Kirwan wrote:
I have continued this subject in its own thread, because I also
think that Andy's proposal is a good one, for the reason that
it would make it very easy to make minor adjustments by
using the built-in math functions:
you also might want to set the coordinate system to the value of the tool's
offset from the tool offset table..
--- On Mon, 5/7/12, Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com wrote:
From: Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Behavior of Touch-Off Dialog (and Tool Table Editor
