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Move head specified distance?

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019
by Matthias Roschk
Hello,

thanks a lot !! I got it working :-)

What i am struggeling with is how can i move the Laser Head in a spezified Position?

Lets say the Machine Origin is in upper left and i want to move the Laser Head from there exactly to 100x200 as example.

How can i do this in RDWorks ???

I did not found such a window where i can enter any coordinate where i want to move the Laser to.

Matthias

Re: Move head specified distance?

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019
by Gene Uselman
What you are looking for is the Test Tab- home your machine and then you can specify how far to move and which direction.

Re: Move head specified distance?

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019
by Gene Uselman
I split the post as requested and... it did not work as I expected- Gene

Post by Matthias Roschk ยป Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:02 pm

Hello,

yes, i tried the Offset and also select "Continuos moving". But when i click on Y- for example, the Head moves a bit, but did not move to the entered offset position ?
Did i miss something ?

Matthias
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Re: Move head specified distance?

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019
by Gene Uselman
I assume all your measurements are metric [you being in Europe]? My bed grid is inches and the offset is mm. Also, I assume you have calibrated your axis so that 100mm is actually 100mm on the cut?

Re: Move head specified distance?

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019
by Pete Cyr
Matthias Roschk wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2019 Hello,
thanks a lot !! I got it working :-)
What i am struggeling with is how can i move the Laser Head in a spezified Position?
Lets say the Machine Origin is in upper left and i want to move the Laser Head from there exactly to 100x200 as example.
How can i do this in RDWorks ???
I did not found such a window where i can enter any coordinate where i want to move the Laser to.
Matthias
As luck would have it - Russ just explained this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddecxYBRkrc scroll fwd to 4.49

Re: Move head specified distance?

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019
by Matthias Roschk
Ahh cool !!

It explains it...i did it wrong.

Matthias

Re: Move head specified distance?

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019
by Gene Uselman
'Tis in ill wind that blows no one good. Russ' loss is your gain?