How many decimal points can Mach 3 read for coordinates in the gcode? Is it 4 places after the decimal point?
Warren
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01-10-2006, 07:05 PM #1
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01-10-2006, 07:27 PM #2
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Probably at least 6, but I'm not sure.
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01-10-2006, 07:29 PM #3
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Warren it is not so much what Mach can read as it is the ability of your machine to put those positions to use. I use Mach2 with .0000 gcodes but my machine will only be good to .000.
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01-10-2006, 07:43 PM #4
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Warren, if this is for your program, let the user decide how many they want. That's what I do in my AutoCAD macro. I use FormatNumber() and Round(). FormatNumber() also let's you turn off commas for numbers over 999. Some programs don't like commas.
Gerry
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