RE: EMC & RT Linux

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Elson [mailto:jmelson@...]

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> Yes, both cutter radius compensation, and tool length offset.
> Both of these work
> very much like Allen-Bradley (and others) implement it. The
> tool length offset
> is quite solid, and I use it in some of my work. The cutter
> radius compensation
> it a bit touchy, and is very sensitive to the radius of inside
> corners. It will stop
> and complain about an error when the tool will cause a gouge of
> as little as
> .00000001" or thereabouts. Basically, you can have no angles
> less than 180
> degrees (on the side where the cutter is) where lines or a line
> and an arc meet.
> There may be a parameter that changes this limit.

I spoke with Fred about this a few months ago and he had relaxed this
parameter some in the release around the end of July and it was definitively
something that can be changed by us users. I forget where he told me the
parameter is, but if I remember correctly it is in one for the source files
and you need to change it and then do a compile (install?) to get it to take
effect.


Tim
[Denver, CO]