Hello,

What do I do if I have a multi axis machine (3+) and I want to do a Straight feed with only a pair of axes?

Do I need to set my coordinate system to disable the unused axes and re-map them when I wish to some 3 axis interpolations?


Thanks,

Brad Murry

Wishful thinking on my part...

I guess I was thinking it would be great if I passed the unused axis position parameters as null then it would only update the positions of the other non-null axis position parameters.

I get around explicitly specifying all axis values in my current systems by creating various axis groups(XY,XZ,YZ,XYZ,etc...) and activating them as needed. I think I will stick with this approach for some of my non-cnc applications.

Thanks again,

Brad Murry

--- In DynoMotion@yahoogroups.com, Tom Kerekes <tk@...> wrote:
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> Hi Brad,
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> I'm not sure I understand, but no, there should be no problem moving only 2 of a 3 axes system.  Just command the unused axis to the same place it already is and it wont move.
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> I think your problem might have been the reverse situation - commanding 2 or more axes to move in a 1 axis system.  That is somewhat illegal as parameters from the undefined axis might not be valid.
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> TK
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> --- On Sat, 7/9/11, bradodarb <bradodarb@...> wrote:
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> From: bradodarb <bradodarb@...>
> Subject: [DynoMotion] CoordMotion linear interpolations
> To: DynoMotion@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, July 9, 2011, 5:47 PM
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> Hello,
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> What do I do if I have a multi axis machine (3+) and I want to do a Straight feed with only a pair of axes?
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> Do I need to set my coordinate system to disable the unused axes and re-map them when I wish to some 3 axis interpolations?
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> Thanks,
>
> Brad Murry
>