[bobcad guy]

Hi force, just wondering, you do realize that using bobcam, or camworks, or pretty much any cam program, you do NOT need to have the part located at the screen zero. The cam side works independant of anything else. That allows us to set zero for g54, and g55, in different spots. I almost never set my drawing zeros, I just draw it, then when I cam it, I tell it what to origin from.

[Force]

Hi force, just wondering, you do realize that using bobcam, or camworks, or pretty much any cam program, you do NOT need to have the part located at the screen zero. The cam side works independant of anything else. That allows us to set zero for g54, and g55, in different spots. I almost never set my drawing zeros, I just draw it, then when I cam it, I tell it what to origin from.

Yes, I did realise this aspect but we do not use G54, G55 etc on our machine. I also have a slight case of OCD to everything, items must sit square on a table, shoes lined up, books run tallest left, shortest right........so X0Y0Z0 must be on the datum and its very easy to arrange.

[BurrMan]

Here's a file. Your stations would have to be designed as to allow the size of the plywood sheet to "fit" any given section.