Originally Posted by glbreil  So am I to understand as the machine learns the proximity of the probe to the work piece it runs at high speed until it gets close and then slows to the slow probe rate before it touched?
If I do added the parameter 10 value it will continue to slow to a stop as it touches? Is that correct? |
Not exactly. In the bulk of the digitizing moves (moving Z down to measure a point) it moves steadily at the slow rate (Parameter 15) until it touches. Then it stops immediately (if P10 = 0) or begins a smooth deceleration to stop (P10 = 4).
The adaptive part has to do with how far it backs up in Z before moving over to the next point. As it learns the shape of the local surface (the trend of recent points) then it adjusts the Z pullback amount to most efficiently get to the next point.