Hello Guest it is March 28, 2024, 01:12:29 PM

Author Topic: Tangential control  (Read 5339 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Hood

*
Tangential control
« on: November 08, 2006, 08:39:18 PM »
Does the Tangential control work in G2/G3 in the latest versions ? just curious.
Hood

Offline Graham Waterworth

*
  • *
  •  2,668 2,668
  • Yorkshire Dales, England
    • View Profile
Re: Tangential control
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2006, 02:21:26 AM »
What would you use it for? just curious.

Graham.
Without engineers the world stops

Hood

*
Re: Tangential control
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2006, 02:44:11 AM »
It was related to the question Gridley51 asked a while back for a plasma.
Hood
Re: Tangential control
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2006, 02:03:39 PM »
Should work... I can make a post for Lcam that will output the moves for the A axis as well :)
Fixing problems one post at a time ;)

www.newfangledsolutions.com
www.machsupport.com

Hood

*
Re: Tangential control
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2006, 02:36:52 PM »
Thanks Brian, that would be good. Will let Mark (Gridley51) know.
Hood

Offline DAlgie

*
  •  314 314
    • View Profile
    • Algie Composite Aircraft
Re: Tangential control
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2006, 11:18:54 PM »
So, if I read that correctly, tangential control will cut arcs, and not lift and cut them as small straight lines?
Re: Tangential control
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2006, 07:40:51 AM »
Robin,
thanks for thinking/asking about this.The manual clearly states "curves must be programmed as a series of G01 moves".This is inconvenient but will probably work for what I want to do.I`m a long way away from that stage anyway.
Mark.

Hood

*
Re: Tangential control
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2006, 11:51:02 AM »
No problem Mark, but the manual also states that" Note: in the current version this feature does not work with arcs (G2/G3 MOVES)"
 As this manual was written way back in April 2005  and since that time Mach has advanced at a remarkable pace, I was thinking it may now be implemented for arcs.
 Maybe Art or Brian can clear this up?
Hood
Re: Tangential control
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2006, 06:20:41 PM »
Art fixed it some time ago (I think) It is a tool that I never seem to use :( I think that I need to get somthing that needs it ;)
Fixing problems one post at a time ;)

www.newfangledsolutions.com
www.machsupport.com