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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Accuracy of i and j for arc centre

Posted by Jon Elson
on 2004-02-22 11:03:05 UTC
sid8ball wrote:

>Can anybody tell me how accurate i and j have to be.
>In metric i am rounding down to 3 decimal places and in imperial im
>rounding down to 4 decimal places.This could lead to a 0.001 error
>in metric and a 0.0001 error in imerial. would this be a problem?
>
>I dont want to use r instead of i and j
>
>
Why are you asking? To get enough precision to allow a specific CNC
control to not choke on the G02 or G03 command? Or to get a desired
precision on the finished part?

Jon

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sid8ball 2004-02-22 07:29:39 UTC Accuracy of i and j for arc centre Jon Elson 2004-02-22 11:03:05 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Accuracy of i and j for arc centre sid8ball 2004-02-22 11:24:34 UTC Re: Accuracy of i and j for arc centre Ray Henry 2004-02-22 11:53:15 UTC Re: Accuracy of i and j for arc centre sid8ball 2004-02-22 14:42:10 UTC Re: Accuracy of i and j for arc centre COGSMAN1 2004-02-24 04:57:42 UTC Re: Accuracy of i and j for arc centre