From: John K. <jmk...@fa...> - 2007-03-30 18:46:20
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Andy Holcomb wrote: > > I was referring to, maybe EMC1 used G54 instead of G92 > I have no idea what the EMC1 version of TkEMC did. Note that it is TkEMC, not EMC itself, that decides what do on a right-click. EMC provides G54 and G92, and the GUIs decide which one to use. AXIS uses a G54, which seems like a better solution to me. > This seams like it would be great for a machine that has a homed > position, but on a machine without, it smells. Your telling me I have to > do work and type in g54 x.... every time I want to zero an axis? Well, you could use AXIS. Its "touch off" function works like TkEMC's right click - it pops up a dialog, and you type in the coordinate. TkEMC may have a convenient way to enter a G54 offset. I don't know. I don't use TkEMC, and I don't work on ANY of the GUIs. Hopefully one of the GUI experts will step in and clarify things. Regards, John Kasunich |