XYUV hotwire configuration

thanks for your time.

you said change axis number to 7 & 8?

axis #: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
axis : X Y Z A B C U V W ?

So XY;UV
should be

AXIS_0 : X
AXIS_1 : Y
AXIS_6 : U
AXIS_7 : V

if i am understanding what you meant correctly.

by the way, I got the touch-off issue solved...
i missed write the gCode... it was XYZA, then I changed it to XYUV, so, obviously one of them didn't link and only one moved...
I rechecked and its all good now.

another issue I have with this is the axis graph plot...

1. I didn't want it to open any file during initialize...
it gives me an error BAD "Z" char use... because I don't have a "Z" axis and axis start-up file axis.ngc has one?
need to disable this..

I tried to use OPENFILE = " ", but didn't work for some reason... or I might have missed something... will recheck this

2. after initialization, the graph plot still shows me X,Y,Z and not XY;UV plot.
so I search and saw that by adding

from :
www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum...-visualisation-wrong

(AXIS, UV_Z_POS, 1500) or something like that to my Gcode will make it show correctly... but I did and it didn't work or show or change anything...

is there anyway to hard-code this to the AXIS interface? or can I add or modify this? if yes, where should I start looking?

3. the axis plot didn't reveal my machine size... is there any way to set this or is there a limit?
my XU travel is about 2100mm and YV travel is about 1800mm

but hardware travel wise, its all good. I managed to run all the travel without issues, just that the pointer is way off the grid ... might be due to the XYZ plot issue?


thanks =)

4. forgot one thing here..

by saying XY;UV

is XY on the left or right side, when I am facing the machine?

or does this matter?

my currently is XY on my left-hand and UV is on my right-hand side...
this is when I am facing the machine, face-to-face =)

yes your correct axis 6 & 7 for u & v

your wanting to cut wings yes ?

for soft limits and to show cutting area , add
MIN_LIMIT = 0.0
MAX_LIMIT = 1200
to each axis in your ini file , and adjust values to suit distances etc

i'll take a look at the graphics shortly , i need to set this up first .

yes your correct axis 6 & 7 for u & v

your wanting to cut wings yes ?

see files attached
you will need to copy your scale and values , and edit as required etc

remove these from the hal file
loadrt=tp
and ..... tp=tp kins=trivkins

i cut cornices and columns for work..

wings, not now though..

will it work for cornices and columns?

should work for them ya since wings need tapered sides and cornices and columns are usually the same on both ends..

thanks =)

yes sure it will do all you you want