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Cake day: September 26th, 2023

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  • I worked with Fanuc control machines for 20 years up until 2023. Sounds like you were needlessly in macro hell. Just declaring an offset will use either an H (typically height) or D (typically a radius offset in Fanuc controls, but sometimes they are setup for diameter).

    It would go something like this:

    G40G49G80G90 (CLEARS OUT POTENTIALLY PREVIOUS GCODES);
    
    
    T1M06 (EXECUTES A TOOL CHANGE, LEAVE OUT M06 IF JUST DECLARING THE TOOL);
    
    
    G43H01 (DECLARES H01 AS THE HEIGHT OFFSET);
    
    G00ZO.O1 (MOVES THE TOOL 0.01 ABAOVE WORK);
    
    G41D01X1.0 (DECLARES LEFT HAND TOOL OFFSET AS D01);
    

    You don’t need true macro variables for 9/10 applications, or general operation. I feel like you got placed on some overenginered solution.







  • The misnumbered/not numbered houses is still a big issue. GPS can only be relied on to get you in the general area, and even then sometimes it points you to the middle of a field.

    My real gripe is apartments. People will often fail to give you the apartment number and even if they do, every single complex has their own numbering system and layout. There is one complex near here where the signs on the buildings are completely illegible at night due to the lights above them casting shadows. I hate having to go there.