tool setting of yours and Rich's it seems like there were a few techniques
Actually they are all basically the same. Mach keeps track of the current tool movements. In the write up you use a known standard to define the tool location where as Hoods description uses a machined surface to create the standard and define the tool location. To populate the tool table Mach needs one tool location defined so it can relate any others that you want to define.
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Luppie the hotel attendant, drives up to the empty parking lot, gives his a numbered ticket to Mr.Lot. Lot says to Luppie, drive around to find a parking spot / go in circles / back up / go forward, don't much care what you do..........but .......make sure you Beep your horn so we know what spot your in.
Luppie goes back to the hotel and picks up another car, here's a numbered ticket Mr. Lot. Lot looks at the ticket and makes note that the ticket is has a diffferent ticket number. Lot says to Luppie, drive around to find a parking spot / go in circles / back up / go forward, don't much care what you do..........but .......make sure you Beep your horn just as you did before so we know what spot your in.
Luppie goes back to the hotel and again picks up another car, here's a numbered ticket Mr. Lot. Lot looks at the ticket and makes note that the ticket is has a diffferent ticket number. Lot says to Luppie, drive around to find a parking spot / go in circles / back up / go forward, don't much care what you do..........but .......make sure you Beep your horn just as you did before so we know what spot your in.
The tool ( ticket) , Mach keeps track of the tool (car), can move as you wish, Beep ( consistant way of defineing the tool location to Mach).
RICH