Sorry if this has been answered before...

I started looking at the Mach turn screens and I notice that they all show horizontal lathes.  Is it possible to change this?

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You can modify all the screens in Mach by using the Screen editor, this can be downloaded from the download tab at the top of the forum.

Graham.

Tried it and I don't see a way to rotate the toolpath window 90°

Also, is it possible to change the built-in M-codes and G-codes?

bump

There is no way to turn thetool path other then setting the monitor on its side at this time

If you retro the machine it would not be that hard to add for you...


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Brian

Personally I cant really see any need to rotate the toolpath view even if it is a vertical lathe.    Hardly going to confuse the operator.

Did your old controls have a toolpath display?

There is no reason Mach can't control your machines, as long as you can interface to Mach, and in most cases thats not much of a problem.

You are right in that we don't currently have a toolpath.  I could just create screens without them so that wouldn't be an issue.  Yes, unfortunatly if I leave them the operators we have would be VERY confused.  We'd find them leaning over all the time trying to figure it out.  Might get a number of wrenched backs and things like that.

Seriously, though.  I really do need to find out if the built-in M-codes and G-codes can be changed.  Our existing programs have different usages for a number of the codes.

Gcodes can't be changes but you can change most all of the Mcodes


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Brain

Well maybe if I can get the company to spring for 20 licenses we might be able to work something out?  I could provide you with a list of the G-codes and how WE (GE, AB, Fanuc) use them and you could adjust the program to fit?  Or I could do it if I had the source.  Either way would be fine with me.

Set me up with the different modules that contain the G-codes.  I tweak them for us.  Send them back to you to be compiled into a finished program.  That way all I have is bits and peices and not everything.

Just a thought

It could be added to a plugin but you are looking at one hell of a bunch of work What Gcodes are you having trouble with