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General Mach Discussion / Z Bar and Scale In The Tool Path Windows

« on: February 18, 2011, 02:51:05 PM »

I can't find any documentation regarding the parameters for the little Z Bar scale and tick-mark on the right side of the Tool Path window. Can someone either point me at the docs or explain how that works and what it means?

I appears that the Tool Icon moving down  &  up is just whatever the total Z Axis movement is, then scaled to fit the window.

I see that the tick-mark also seems to be placed at various vertical positions against the 10 position scale but I can't figure out how that relates or what it's indicating.

Thanks for any help!

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Feature Requests / HOME should zero the Z axis before the X&Y axis

« on: February 15, 2011, 09:12:57 PM »

I think it might be a good thing to have the Z Axis zero (home) before the X&Y axis move when the Go To Zero button is pressed. It is possible to use the G28.1Z0 followed by G28.1X0Y0 but it would be more convenient if the Go To Zero behaved similarly so the Z tool doesn't try to rip through the work on the way home.