Re: Vector CAD

> Drawing for a lathe, can I make the two DRO's at the bottom read

as X and Z,

> rather than X and Y?

If you are in the front view, they will read correctly for X and Z

> How do I change what X,Y, and Z coordinates are changed to when I

make the G

> code??

See the help file for text conversion.

> Right now X changes to Z, and Y changes to X, this is too wild for

me to

> remember.

Draw your part from a top view as a cross section( plan view in a
lot of 2D only cad programs). If you draw both contours, the
one "above" the center line is a tool behind the center, and the
one "below" the centerline is in front.

Fred Smith - IMService
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