Axis DRO's

fgauder wrote: Andy, thanks. I did a search for axis.py and it came up with 5 "fix_default_axis.py" files, all of them 7kb. So, where do I find it.

try /usr/bin/

It might be called axis.g

"which axis" might work. (I am nowhere near a LinuxCNC machine)

Andy, thanks again. It's /usr/bin/axis.

In Ubuntu 10.04 is it /usr/bin/axis to edit it you will need to use sudo gedit /usr/bin/axis in a terminal window. It would be a good thing to make a copy of axis before modifying it.

I did test changing the fmt line and it did not work.

JT

I've also changed the fmt line to 5 to 6 to 3 and nothing works. Also the default for metric is 3 but the display is always 4 and apparently the accuracy also.

fgauder wrote: I've also changed the fmt line to 5 to 6 to 3 and nothing works. Also the default for metric is 3 but the display is always 4 and apparently the accuracy also.

It worked for me in the past.
Unfortunately I am not at a LinuxCNC machine until sunday night at that very earliest so can't experiment.

I know this is 2 years old, but I thought I'd add the info that you can change the glcanon.py file at about line 567 to change the graphical representation numbers from 2 digit precision to 3.

The line is: fmt = is_metric and "%.1f" or "%.2f"

Changing 1f and 2f to 2f or 3f respectively, adds a digit of precision to the screen display.