Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] VectorCam Demo and EMC - Lathe

On Thursday 28 February 2002 10:18 am, Tom wrote:

<snip cool description of lathing on a mill>

> There were two problems when I tried to run it using EMC. One was my
> fault, one I'm not sure of. The one that's my fault was because I didn't
> know CNC lathes use X and Z axes. After some time reading Machinery's
> Handbook, I figured that out, swapped my motor plugs, and was back on
> track.
>
> That's when I ran into the second problem: The roughing passes went
> perfectly. The finishing pass died as soon as it hit the first arc. The
> error message was something like, "K word on an arc in the XY plane."
>
> Far as I can tell, the G-code generated by Vector is spot-on. It had an X
> word, a Z word, an I word, and a K word. The arc is in the X-Z plane, not
> the X-Y plane.
>
> Any idea how I can fix this? Is this an EMC thing? My EMC installation
> is off the latest BDI.

Since the EMC is primarily a mill controller, you'll need to add a G18 to the
beginning of your code to select the XZ plane.

Matt