Re: Can CNCPro users provide some input?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Ray <rehenry@u...> wrote:
>
> Ballendo
>
> You are absolutely right if you need those z's doing different
things
> during a program. But you could call the extra one a, b, c and
parallel
> the commands.
>
> If you are just running the same z shape using multiple spindles or
> torches and all you want to do is drop one or more ope-loop units
> into the work, this could easily be handled by some external chips
and
> I/O. In the EMC, that's what tkio and iosh are for.
>
> Ray
>
> From: ballendo@y...
>
> Jon,
>
> Yes, that is correct.
>
> What gets ya is the details... In this case, the EMC architecture
was
> not designed with multiple linear Z axes in mind, so it is more
than
> a trivial task. At least, that's what Tom K (might have been Fred
P)
> said awhile back...