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Discussion in 'Control Software' started by dfox1787, Aug 15, 2020.

  1. Durahl

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    @Swisscheese
    I for one have solved the lack of an Outside Diameter Probing by 3D Printing myself a slightly undersized ( to apply tension ) C-Clip I can temporarily clamp around whatever Round Stock I need to find the center on and perform an Inside Probe on the C-Clip instead.
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    IMHO the biggest issue with this Software is how it still doesn't seem to raise the Z-Axis first before moving to a Zero position essentially guaranteeing it crashing into Clamps or Stock as it B-Lines from wherever it currently is. That garbage broke like 3 Endmills when I made the switch from UGS because the latter unfortunately doesn't support Macros but it essentially means I cannot use the majority of the Build in Control Functions since they're a risk to any Tool.

    Literally have to make and use my own return to Zero Macros instead of using the built in Function in the DRO because of this crap - Blows my mind in particular because a) it's a no brainer safety feature and b) should be a NoEffortNovember level of difficulty change for the whoever made the rest of this Software

    Actually... I just tested the DRO's Return to Zero functions again to make sure I'm not spouting any crap and it's actually worse than I had remembered in the case of the XYZ one... Even IF the Tool was technically in a safe position before you had it return to Zero the Macro will FIRST lower it to 5mm above the Work Zero, THEN start moving in the X/Y Coordinates GUARANTEEING you'll lose your Tool to pretty much any Clamp style Work Holding method most likely being used by Users of this Software
     
  2. David the swarfer

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    our post for Fusion360 now includes basic probing and I am scheduled to work on the more advanced probing 'real soon now' (-:
     
  3. Durahl

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    Lovely how we keep ignoring the Tool Breaking Issue caused by all of the DRO's Return to Zero Functions
     
  4. David the swarfer

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    I agree, but changing it to a G21 G90 G53 G0 Z-5 may not work for everyone (though it should since we encourage everyone to use hard limits and homing), so now you need a setting for the standoff distance, and then you get a bunch more support questions when they set it to 50mm and it crashes anyway (-: Just can't win, but I do think we can make it better.
     

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