Ohmic Probe + Material Height Feature Request
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11 Apr 2025 16:08 #326077
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Ohmic Probe + Material Height Feature Request was created by EW_CNC
I would like to suggest a feature to fine tune ohmic probing.
Problem: When I set the probe height to an optimal setting for a thin steel setting, it will be too low for thicker steel, and set for thick steel it has excess travel.
My solution would be to add the material thickness to the plasmac.probe-start-height.
Keep the probe height setting function the same, but add a new setting into each material entry for material thickness.
To try to see if it would work, I used the puddle jump delay setting and used the sum2 function to add that number to the probe height. It seemed to work as expected.
With material thickness added the probe height should be more consistent with the top of the material.
This is the code I added to the custom_postgui.hal file.
Problem: When I set the probe height to an optimal setting for a thin steel setting, it will be too low for thicker steel, and set for thick steel it has excess travel.
My solution would be to add the material thickness to the plasmac.probe-start-height.
Keep the probe height setting function the same, but add a new setting into each material entry for material thickness.
To try to see if it would work, I used the puddle jump delay setting and used the sum2 function to add that number to the probe height. It seemed to work as expected.
With material thickness added the probe height should be more consistent with the top of the material.
This is the code I added to the custom_postgui.hal file.
unlinkp plasmac.probe-start-height
unlinkp qtplasmac.probe_start_height-f
unlinkp qtplasmac.puddle_jump_delay-f
net material-thick sum2.0.in0 <= qtplasmac.puddle_jump_delay-f
net probe-start-height sum2.0.in1 <= qtplasmac.probe_start_height-f
net probe-material-height sum2.0.out => plasmac.probe-start-heightPlease Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
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12 Apr 2025 01:37 #326136
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Replied by snowgoer540 on topic Ohmic Probe + Material Height Feature Request
I’ve had a similar thought in the past, with regard to speeding things up. I was thinking of automatically compensating the probe height based on material thickness, as you said, added to the material fields.
I like the idea, and since someone has officially asked for it, I’ll start looking into making it happen.
Give me some time, I’ll let you know when it’s ready for you to try out. It will be added to 2.10 by the way.
I like the idea, and since someone has officially asked for it, I’ll start looking into making it happen.
Give me some time, I’ll let you know when it’s ready for you to try out. It will be added to 2.10 by the way.
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12 Apr 2025 02:32 #326138
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I just updated my plasma to 2.10 so that will be fine.
Take your time, so far I'm liking the improvements you contributed to QtPlasmaC. It's been awhile since I had last updated, so now I'm trying to catch up!
Take your time, so far I'm liking the improvements you contributed to QtPlasmaC. It's been awhile since I had last updated, so now I'm trying to catch up!
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