RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: More EMC Questions

Ray,

What line might that be? I would really like to have my system default to
inch instead of having to set it in every gcode file.

John Guenther

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray [mailto:rehenry@...]
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 8:38 AM
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> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: More EMC Questions
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> From: "Ian Wright" <Ian@...>
>
> <s>
> >3] Yes, EMC will work and display in metric as a default. The
> files I have
> >on my machine all work in metric.
>
> Recent EMC's can read the default choice of inch/metric from a line in the
> ini file.
>
> ; General section ----------------------------------------
> [EMC]
> ...
> ; Startup codes for RS-274-NGC interpreter
> RS274NGC_STARTUP_CODE = G20 (inch)
>
> The latest version of tkemc has a menu choice for units to be displayed.
> But you will still have to define the basic distance unit in the
> ini file.
>
> LINEAR_UNITS = 0.03937007874016 (inch)
> or
> LINEAR_UNITS = 1.0 (mm)
>
> HTH
>
> Ray
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