No, I am fixturing a part for a second op. Since I am not doing the first op I have little control on how its aligned (not always square with the edge of the
material). So I can indicate the off a feature of the part and trig out the angle the part is out but now I need to adjust my path to also be angled.
I can do this in my code, but life would be better if I could just rotate the coordinates.
For example for simplicity lets say Im cutting a straight line
G01 X0 F20
X10
Well maybe the part is tilted a little, rather than monkey with it to get it straight because the slot im cutting isnt parallel to the edge of the part
I really need
G01 X0 F20
X10 Y0.010
So if I could just rotate the XY plane around Z I could make this adjustment on the fly and not edit my code.
Hope this makes sense, my application is more complex than this but I think this gets the point across. My machine runs true the part I'm cutting is not.
I checked out a post on the forum that was controlling a CNC embroidery machine and they had a rotate function.
http://www.hqcomputerizedquilting.com/hub.php?a=VD&id=3So either they are generating that code on the fly via script, rotating the code via script using these new flash screen setup, or something along those lines or I am missing something.