Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Question Re: Work Offsets

Tom Benedict wrote:

>Ok, between this and Fred's reply I've got some stuff to try tonight when
>I get home.
>
>I'm using Vector for generating g-code. Right now it's using the stock
>3-axis ISO model. Nothing at the head, nothing at the tail unless I put
>it there. So I'm pretty sure I don't have an errant G54-G59.3 in there
>anywhere (but you can betcha I'm going to check tonight when I get home!)
>
>I *was* ending my programs with M2, which may be what's clearing things.
>
>

Yup, absolutely, on the BDI, M02 clears the G92 offsets. This I am totally
certain of.

>What's odd is it isn't acting like the offsets are being cleared. If I
>right-click and set each axis to zero, the Work Offsets line picks them
>up. Running a program seems to put it in absolute machine coordinates
>rather than relative work coordinates. The offsets are still there. I
>can see them on the Work Offsets line. It's just not using them.
>
>

Well, after a program ends with an M02, I think that is the behavior.
The system
goes BACK to the machine coordinates, but the offset display remains.
That, too,
is a know bug.

>Right now I'm after consistant results, whatever those may be. If it's
>going to behave in a predictable way, that'll at least keep me from
>breaking any more tools and wrecking any more material.
>
>

Remember to hit the '1' key in auto, before start. That will slow
everything
down to 10% of normal speed, which will give you a little more time to hit
esc or F1.

Jon