Rab:
> 1. Teach Mode - Jog the machine around a part and press a button,
either on the keyboard or an external switch, each time the button is
pressed the current coordinates are saved to file.
Sounds doable.
2.a. File Mode - Load and run a G-Code file as normal except on every
move, do a Z-plunge till the touch probe is triggered and capture
coordinates. Would work similar to your current digitzing function
but users would have the flexability to load a spiral path, or index
the A-axis to digitise a ring, etc.
Very hard to do in current code base. I'll give it some thought. Souns
like what is needed is a G30 Wizard to do the digitizing of a particular
shape instead of the usual digitizing grid.
2.b Trigger a laser range finder instead of doing a Z-plunge.
Hmm, This is possible. It would require only changing a Z movement into a
laser index trigger....Perhaps the above could be done by something
similar... I will give it some thought...
Thanks,
Art
