Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Re: List of Gcode "flavors"

Jon;
can EMC use mathematical operations to change the variables?
(sin,cos,etc)
regards
mariano


Jon Elson wrote:

>
> diazden wrote:
>
> > Ballendo;
> > let me put my 2 cents worth on this matter
> > one of the most useful features of the big machines is the ability to
> > be able to
> > perform calculation blocks, just the other day I have to make a 475
> > tooth gear
> > as 475 is not divisible by 360 I could not use incremental because the
> > error will
> > creep and about 380th tooth it would be 1\2 tooth out , so I either
> > have to
> > put 475 lines of code or with about 4 lines on a good calculation
> > block it
> > will do the job perfectly , and it did it ,so now I can use that
> > program to do any
> > number of divisions just by changing a few parameters in the program
>
> EMC has this feature, but it is not well documented.
>
> The syntax is :
>
> [#101 = 123.456] to set variable 101 to 123.456
>
> G01 X[#101] Y2.3 to use variable 101 as the X coordinate
>
> [#101 = #101 + 0.005] to change the value in variable 101
>
> (I think this is the correct syntax, I'm going from memory)
>
> Jon
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