wrap y to a axis

 I couldn't resist to try this using a custom kinematic component.

To try it, use halcompile --install 'awrap.comp' then start the config, home the machine and run the preloaded gcode.
 
Notes:
- ONLY LIGHTLY TESTED
- Work diameter is defined using numbered parameter #1000.
- If parameter #1000 is zero then the kinematic fails because we have a division by zero. This could and probably should be handled in the kinematic file but is not implemented yet.
- General idea is that the user jogs the machine in TRIV mode to the starting point of the engraving, then starts the gcode program (setting parameter #1000 either in the beginning of the gcode or manually through MDI (eg #1000=100.25).
- WRAP mode by default uses work coordinate system 59.2 (my arbitrary choice as set in '429remap.ngc') you could use any of the other systems but testing will be needed to find out how to handle work offsets in the engraving gcode.
- switching the kinematics mode also switches the limits as you will not want to use the y-axis limit values when wrapping it around the a-axis, optionally you could also switch to different axis velocity and acceleration values by defining the values in the ini file using the examples for the limit values.

I hope this helps you along.

Is it possible to give different colors to the toolpath in vismach?

Changing the color of the entire backplot should be relatively straight forward but different colors for XY and Z moves would be quite a challenge, at least from how I understand the code.

 
Thank you very much for the finished solution. If you ever visit Hamburg, please let me know.

You are welcome, I'll keep that in mind.