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Defined Increments Change

Discussion in 'Control Software' started by Gary Krieg, May 28, 2020.

  1. Gary Krieg

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    I really like your defined increments, .01, .1, 1 etc, but is there a chance you could add an increment of .001. These are very convenient but I need a little finer break down.

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  2. Peter Van Der Walt

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    Thanks for the suggestion, will keep it in mind for future development
    In the meantime, you can use the console, or macro buttons as well as a workaround
     
  3. Gary Krieg

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    Thanks for the consideration, I'm not sure what Gcode would set the x,y,z increment to .001. I'll have to research that.
     
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    a jog of 0.001 is only useful if your hardware has 1000 steps per mm or more.

    my Z does 0.01mm per step, so would only actually move every 10 commanded jog steps

    my X and Y do 0.025mm per step, so would only move every 25 jog commands.
    meanwhile the display will show each 0.001 jog step but is lying because the hardware will not move until is has a full physical step.
     
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  6. Gary Krieg

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    I should have stated up front I'm working in inches.

    Gary
     
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    indeed. but the principle still applies (-:
    I seldom jog less than 0.1mm which is about 4 thou (event hough on Z I can jog 0.01mm which is about 4 tenths). My bit of 'standard Z setting paper' is 0.1 thick so a 0.1 jog goes from not touching to 'grabbed the paper' and I accept that as Z0 though recently I have been using my optocoupled Z sensor more and more.
     
  8. Gary Krieg

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    David, thanks for your insight, gives me something to think about.

    Gary
     

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