Coordinate Systems

Coordinate System Tutorial

Coordinate System Touchoff

To touch-off an axis, use a QPushButton and QLineEdit to set the touch-off value

Coordinate System Touch Off Controls

Control Function

Object Type

Object Name

Touch Off Axis

QPushButton

touchoff_pb_(axis letter)

Touch Off Value

QLineEdit

touchoff_le

Optionally you can have a QLineEdit for any axis by adding a string type Dynamic Property named source and the value contains the object name of the QLineEdit that you want to use.

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As you can see you can have a QLineEdit for each axis.

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Change Coordinate System

To change the coordinate system via a button, use a change_cs_`n` QPushButton where n is 1-9 for G54 through G59.3

Coordinate System Change Buttons

Control Function

Object Type

Object Name

Change Coordinate System

QPushButton

change_cs_(n)