Re: [yeagerautomation] Re: Scaling- was offset subject

In that case why couldn't you use scaling like a poor man's cutter comp?
Scaling a part uniformly in all 3 axis is just the same as offsetting a
surface is it not?
If this is the case then I would want to put a G51 X1 Y1 Z1 at the head of
all my programs. If the part came out too big I just go back and change it
to G51 X.99 Y.99 Z.99.
Why can't I do this, anyone?
Joe V.

tauseef wrote:

> Hey joe,
> Yep, You can make a drawing in CAD-CAM and then have cncpro scale it
> up/down depending on what you want to do. I tried a simple example and
> it seemed to work. You could scale something up 2 times (in x,y,z) and
> it will cut it out twice as big in those 3 axis (anyone wanna fill in
> more??).
> later
> tauseef
>
> --- In yeagerautomation@y..., Joe Vicars <jvicars@c...> wrote:
> > Can someone tell me what scaling (G51) does and what it would be
> used
> > for? I have never used this. Can this be used to say, make a
> circle
> > 99% of it's programmed size?
> > Joe V.
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