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    transform rotate

    why is 120 degrees the initial start angle and not 90 degrees?
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    Why not use 0 degrees as initial start angle with 120 degrees incremental?
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    Quote Originally Posted by txcncman View Post
    Why not use 0 degrees as initial start angle with 120 degrees incremental?
    incremental does not appear to be a choice in x5 for transform rotate.
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    Angle Between is the incremental. Angle Between 2 times. Angle between 7 times. How ever many.
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    Quote Originally Posted by txcncman View Post
    Angle Between is the incremental. Angle Between 2 times. Angle between 7 times. How ever many.

    zero degrees reflects the toolpath i wish to transform regardless of where that toolpath resides in relation to a coordinate system?

    zero degrees means do not shift the initial toolpath i want to transform?
    Last edited by Joesph Jackman; 03-18-2012 at 10:47 PM. Reason: tried to be more clear


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    It also depends on the use of subs, dis-allow posting of originals ( ghost ), copy.... blah blah

    you would then start at o°, & then pitch incremental ( be it transform or rotate )

    - this would mean that the original path is not in the main program, and the repeats ( 1st call would be at the place of programming )

    ----see what happens if you just post the transform operation ( play with the settings I've mentioned ), you can shorten a program quite considerably.

    You should do long programs if you are running the program in DNC ( drip) mode, as you cannot jump around program lines using this method


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