safety blocks was Re: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN G90 & G91?

Fitch,

Your std. line/block of coode is called a safety block and the cnc
world would be a better place if all CNC programmers did this...

Don't forget to use it at tool changes too...

Hope this helps.

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Fitch R. Williams <frwillia@m...> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 00:48:09 -0000, "yethdear0" <yethdear0@y...>
> wrote:
>
> >Most machines "wake" up in G90 mode.
>
> I have a standard line of code in the POST that automatically
starts the
> program (after the mandatory beginning of file characters) that
tells it
> to go into continuous processing mode, absolute, use dimensions of
> inches, and turn off all canned cycles and offsets. It seems to
reduce
> the number of surprises I get.
>
> Fitch