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WinPC-NC Light Parameter settings
Setting the working area and the help positions
Machine and
workpiece
coordinates
It is necessary to distinguish between two types of position
definitions. There are absolute machine coordinates with their zero
point at the machine reference point. Then there are workpiece
coordinates with their origin at the workpiece zero point.
Working area and monitoring working area
Software area
monitoring
The working area defines the section, e. g. for marking material
dimensions. Limits are visible in the graphical display and it is
immediately recognizable whether milling or engraving can be
effected with the material piece. A check is made when job starts.
Maximum plunge
depth for Z-axis
The working area for the Z-axis determines the maximum plunge
depth to which tools can move without damaging the bed of the
machine.
These paramaters are not to be mixed up with the values determining
the size of the machine table and thereby the maximum moving area.
The unit is millimeters and the distances are measured from the
machine reference point (machine coordinates).
Zero point
The zero point refers to the reference point of the coordinates in the
working file. It is the position with a specific X and Y-axis
coordinate within the NC file, e.g. the left-hand bottom corner. All
processing distances are measured from here.
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