I am running a CNC Lathe using Debian 10 and the latest Version of Buildbot and was wondering if there was a way to represent in AXIS a Lathe Tool that was square having a specific width and the control point positioned to the left (or right) side of the tool (e.g. a cutoff tool)? ...Just curious. It would look something like the graphic illustration below where the control point is positioned to the left and the width of the tool is defined as 0.125".
The only way I know to currently represent a tool like this is to use a diameter of 0.125" in the tool table and that works okay but the graphic puts the control point (+) in the center of the tool. Usually for a cutoff tool, I do a Tool Touch Off on either the right or left side of the cutoff tool to Automatically update it's Z-offset in the Tool Table. I would prefer not to have to manually add 1/2 the width of the cutter to measurement provided by the Automatic Offset Calibration to account for the control point being positioned on the center line of the tool in Axis.
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Thank you in advance for your help with this,
Barry