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Setting Z Coordinates !!

Discussion in 'Mach3' started by xtremeRCpilot, Jan 8, 2011.

  1. xtremeRCpilot

    xtremeRCpilot Member

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    Hey Guyz, I was wondering how I could set my Z coordinates in Mach3. I need to bring it up to a certain value -.9378
    and cant figure how to do this once the machine is up and running! I can use the jog but I have to bounce back and forth until I hit this exact number! Any help would be great!! :)
    thanks
    John
     
    xtremeRCpilot, Jan 8, 2011
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    Click on the MDI Alt2 tab and in the input box, type G1 Z-.9738 F10
     
    Flashsolutions, Jan 8, 2011
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    Flashsolutions, is "G1 Z-.9738 F10" the entire text entry, followed by pressing the "Enter" key, or is the "F10" part performed by pressing the F10 key?
     
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    G1 is the command, Z xxx is the value (or Y xxx) for the Y axis, and F10 is the feedrate....

    You can substitute whatever feedrate you want... F20, F30, etc

    Then the Enter key to send the command

     
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    you could also go to the same screen and just put z-0.9378 and hit enter, it will use whatever feed rate was last used.
     
    Gefahren, Jan 9, 2011
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    Hey Guys, thank you for all your help!! Sorry for the delayed response but for some reason I dont get the email from the phlatforum when someone responds to my thread :( Either way I am grateful and will read back over your posts and see what works good!! :)

    Thanks
    John
     
    xtremeRCpilot, Jan 10, 2011
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    Thank you Flash, this works awesome!! What would be the code for the Y and X axis? :p

    Thanks
    John
     
    xtremeRCpilot, Jan 10, 2011
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