Newbie- How to swich X and Y axis in Mach3

[xaco]

Hello, i would like to swich X to Y axis and Y to X. Currently my 4th axis is aligned with Y axis what makes me problems to find postprocesor and make g-code, so i thought to swich axes. i dont want to move 4th axis to put my current moving X axis cos my 4th axis rotary table is very heavy so i put it fixed "outside" the machine aligned with Y axis,rather than fix it on moving x axis. So i thought to swich in Mach3 X and Y axis to get rotary toolpath X->A cos i dont know how to get Y->A toolpath in ArtCAM. thank you

[awerby]

Plug the X cable into the Y socket, and the Y cable into the X socket. Any moves down what used to be the X direction will now go down the Y direction and the old Y direction will become the new X direction. You'll have to remember that when laying out a new flat part, but the 4th-axis code should work okay with it.

You can do the same thing by going into Config/ports and pins in Mach, and switching the values, but that's more difficult to explain...

Andrew Werby
www.computersculpture.com

[xaco]

Originally Posted by awerby You can do the same thing by going into Config/ports and pins in Mach, and switching the values, but that's more difficult to explain... Andrew Werby www.computersculpture.com

hi,good advice,i didnt think of that,but i would rather change it in conf/ports and pins...i got advice to swich step and dir pinof X-axis to step and pin of Y and viceversa..what does the green sign in X-axis line under Step Low means? should i change any of that?

[awerby]

if it was working correctly before. The advice you got was correct; switch the step and direction pin numbers from the X axis to the Y axis, and from the Y axis to the X axis. I believe the "low active" pin 2 should remain low active in the new Y axis, but check to make sure that everything works correctly, and the motors go in the right directions - if not, these are the things you'll have to change.

Andrew Werby
www.computersculpture.com