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As the title says, I'm trying to disable graphing with a command. In CNC 4.14 and later you can set graphing to be on by default, which I typically like. I have some zeroing and toolchange scripts that I run that don't play nice with graphing. I've seen some code examples that show how a script can ...

All of the code is in the first post. It's commented pretty well so you should be able to step through it. If you're not sure what something does, grab the Centroid manual and look up the codes and numbers and you'll see what they correspond to. You'll probably have to alter a few things to suit you...

A bit of an update: I simplified the code even further for this. Post processors are now all stock Centroid. The only thing I modified was the M6 tool change script. It's really simple, if tool 2 is called (the drill) it drops and spins the drill. It also applies a G52 offset. It uses a stored tool ...

First, full credit to Gary Campbell on this one.I took his design and re-worked it into something that is 3D printable. I 3D print the base and top, and then I drill and tap if for the threads and the bolts. The idea is essentially to use an inductive prox switch and slide a bolt in sideways in fron...

Ahh, so I see how you solved it, you essentially tricked the CAM software into it... That obviously worked fine for you. You could do it with this method too... You'd essentially set the CAM software for Z zero at the spoilboard and save out all of the toolpaths that you'd cut that way, so the paths...

So I still zero to the top of my material a lot, but I don't... Let me explain... First it's worth noting that I have a prox switch at the top of my Z, and that touch off plate. It's also worth noting that I change tools pretty regularly and they're just clamped into the collet. So every time a tool...

Alright folks, I thought I'd share this set of macros I've built. On my ShopBot I have a spoilboard that I plane down with the machine from time to time. Most jobs I cut into the table a bit so I get clean through whatever sheet good I'm cutting. Over the years, it seems every time I replace my spoi...

Super top secret! :) I wasn't sure if I could do what I wanted to do, and I thought there was some kind of internal tool change script I could look at/hack to make what I want.. Turns out it was easier than I thought. I have an air drill that sits behind my spindle (x-5) and it drops down when a rel...

Thanks Gary, I did search there but I didn't find what I wanted. I was looking for what actually happens with the stock M6 function. What I'm trying to do is figure out first how it passes the tool number into that macro (or if it does)... IE if you type "t2 m6" is the macro reading that T...

Hey all, I'm trying to customize what happens when certain tool numbers are called from a G Code program. I was doing this in the post processor, but I'd like to now do it more native in Centroid. Is there a way I can edit the M6 macro? Essentially what I'd like to do is change what happens when I d...