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Changing the number of decimal points machine works to
« on: April 04, 2011, 02:03:54 AM »
Hello all.

Im not sure if i have posted this in the right section hope i have, anyway i have a sieg lathe that is running mach 3, it is set to millimeters and at the moment the machine is machining to 4 decimal places.

how do i change it to 2 or three, accuracy isnt a real issue, im just having a couple of glitches with he wizards trying to match arcs with so many decimal places

thanx in advance for your help

regards
Grant

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Re: Changing the number of decimal points machine works to
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2011, 07:16:55 AM »

You need to edit the format of the DRO's in a screen designer. You'll need to edit each one individually.

However, I believe that this will only change what is displayed. Internally, Mach3 will still use much higher precision.
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