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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Version 2803 Problems
« on: December 23, 2015, 06:52:55 PM »
Bummer.... Thought this was going to be a "post your problems with 2803" thread. I have a ton of them!
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ok thankyou for your time in replying.
dtg
It works. It's not ideal but it'll do until they release the version including tool zeroing.
Here's what you do.
Set your block on top of your material.
Move the z down to a close distance from the end of the tool.
Zero your Z axis DRO.
Go to the "probing" screen.
Set the Z position to a negative amount that will result in contact with your plate.
Set "Measure Type" to "set Fixture".
Press the measure Z button.
It'll go through it's sequence, when done, the number in your Z DRO is the amount it is above your block.
Remove your block, do a G0 Z-(distance in z DRO + Block thickness)
the tool tip will be at the top of your material, set your DRO to 0.
Or you can just add the thickness of your block to the "end result" DRO number and set the Z DRO to that sum. I'm sure you get the picture with that.
?? How automatic is all that, did you actualy try the code i posted, thats automatic and basically does all that manual work for you.
Daz
You shouldn't have to turn off the softlimits to probe, I don't think.
Sounds like a bug in the PMDX plugin. Be sure to report this to them.