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starting a line inside the billet

Posted: Thu 20 Oct , 2011 23:27 pm
by Weeden007
hi, Is it possible to draw the part inside the billet i.e. start the line at z:-15mm? it seems to allways start from z: 0
I have a 2 op job that i want to turn around in the chuck and i want to face off the material that was in the chuck and then do some boring.

cheers
Andy

Re: starting a line inside the billet

Posted: Fri 21 Oct , 2011 9:04 am
by Denford Admin
Starting from Z0 is fixed into the software to keep things from getting too complicated.
If you're saying that the jobo is 15mm shorter when turned around, why not use 2 work offsets where the Z differs by 15mm ?

Re: starting a line inside the billet

Posted: Mon 24 Oct , 2011 12:10 pm
by Weeden007
Many thanks for your quick response, Ill try your idea :D