Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC Have a Distance-to-go position DRO

brink905 wrote:

>Does EMC have the capability to show distance-to-go as a DRO
>readout? The subject has been brought up for Mach 2 but not sure if
>it will be implemented.
>
>

No. It might be possible to put that into the GUI, depending on how much
other info is available associated with the current move.

My Allen-Bradley 7320 (1978 technology) had buttons that would replace
the axis position displays with distance to go, or time to end of cut, or
instantaneous following error. I didn't use it much.

Why would you want to use a distance to go function like a DRO when
you actually have a CNC system? You'd obviously need to program the
move anyway, so why not let the computer make the move, then?

Jon