Nesting Subroutine

I spend a few minutes this morning making a nesting subroutine, it's not 100% done but will nest the parts. I still need to add rotation so the parts nest better.

nest-test.ngc
nest.ngc
123.ngc
Enjoy
JT

Big thank you, I can already see crosschecking with the documentation that while I used to achieve coordinate system offsets with G92, the particular effect I wanted them for is better gained by using G10 L2/20 in LinuxCNC.

In fact, G10 is more of a direct LCNC replacement for my old G92/93 than the actual G92 to which I looked first. For example, the Philips 432 control included axis rotation in G92 and offered absolute/incremental offsets via G93/92. To get the same effects in LCNC it's necessary to use G10.

Now I need to get a grip on calling programs from programs through o codes. The latter are completely new to me.

Hi Big John:

This is probably a stupid question, but since nest.ngc is a callable subroutine I don't think you need a m2 command at the end plus I believe o<nest> sub should be replaced with o<nest> endsub. If this code is still under development it might be useful to look at my topic titled, "Spiral Subroutine". That code nests subroutines 3 levels deep.

At one time for some reason I thought every subroutine needed M2, dunno where I got that idea. Good catch on the endsub...

JT