CHANGING Z HEIGHT IN MIDDLE OF RUN

[fubrain]

Hello everyone,
Can somebody give me the commands to raise or lower my z init while in the middle of a run in dos softwear for a prt. This would be awesome!
THANKS

[richards]

You might try:

JZ,new_zero_height (assuming that we're going 'up' and not 'down').
ZZ

The first command raises the Z-axis to a new 'zero' height.

The second command 'zeros' the Z-axis to the new height.

From that point on, all references to the Z-axis are in relation to the 'new' height.

[ron brown]

I use the "VA" command. Stop cut, read "Z" height, Insert command, "VA ,,'new Z' ", Resume cut.

Add to "Z" to increase depth, subtract to raise.

I hope this makes sense.

Ron

[mziegler]

The "VA" command work good to change Z height in middle of a run. That was in the DOS version. I have recently change to the Windows version and when you stop the file and try to insert "VA" command in, it won't. Is there anyway to do this in the windows version. Mark

[propellers]

Mark, Insert a command line in the program to move the Z to the desired height and ten ZZ. This will move the cutter to a new zero. Just inverse the action if you want to return to the old height.