Re[2]: digitising arm

Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 00:29:29 -0600 (CST)
From: "Terry L. Ridder" <terrylr@...>
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emc would only be moving the table in the x-y plane.
emc would be reading the z-axis instead of controlling
it.

Hi

The way that the EMC currently does probing is a three axis thing. You
set a location in two axes and move the thrid until the switch closes or
you reach the end of the cycle. An rt process figures out where the tip
was when the switch closed.

Ray