Re: NEW member Suitable conversions?

> From: D.F.S. <dfs@...>
> How could the system intelligenty do a "Tool Change" without simply
> making me do absolute positioning of the entire table based on presumed
> tool location.
>
> I'd like to be able to go back to an old G code file and make a new part
> months later.
> I REALLY like to be able to set the tooling up in about the same locations,

> and recalibrate the system on a tool-by-tool basis, rather than trying to
> bold every single tool back in an exact location down to the ten-thousanths
> or have a new part that is out of whack.
>
> Is this something the system can do with tool offsets? or is this more
> complicated than that?

Some controls (this includes the EMC) have "work coordinate systems" or
"fixture offsets" that can be independently adjusted and called up as
required in your program. The G-codes in the EMC are G54 (default), G55, G56,
G57, G58, G59, G59.1, and G59.2 for a total of 8 plus the G53 coordinate
system which is non-adjustable and refers to the machine's basic position. In
other words, no problem for 8 tools or less.

Matt