MEKANIKA CNC EVO Quick Start Manual Download Page 4

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AXES COORDINATES

PLANETCNC

The first section of the screen displays the

real-time coordinates of the machine

. There

are

two types

of coordinates that you will use:

•

Working coordinates

, representing the position of the

tool relative to the work-

piece,

displayed in blue.

•

Machine coordinates

, representing the position of the

tool relative to the machine

origin

, X0 Y0 Z0 located at the front bottom left of the machine, displayed in green.

You can toggle in between the two using the tabs, as shown on the images below.

Summary of Contents for CNC EVO

Page 1: ...CNC EVO PRO MACHINE INTERFACE PRESENTATION...

Page 2: ...The Bluetooth keypad offers an alternative to handle your machine easily and intuitively most of the keys have been remapped to specific functionalities of PlanetCNC and will serve as useful shortcuts...

Page 3: ...spindle rotation speed Feed Speed 3 Manual travel speed of the machine and controls Jog 4 General menu 5 G code control menu Play Pause Stop 6 Machine actions menu Homing Tool measure length 7 Graphic...

Page 4: ...will use Working coordinates representing the position of the tool relative to the work piece displayed in blue Machine coordinates representing the position of the tool relative to the machine origin...

Page 5: ...ctions They allow you to increase decrease the feed speed in real time while it is working and reading a G code For instance on the image below the machine is supposed to travel at a speed of 2000mm m...

Page 6: ...you want to know more about these you can find all the information you need inside the PlanetCNC TNG documentation which can be downloaded on the support page of our website GENERAL MENU G CODE CONTR...

Page 7: ...urface of the device Home The machine will move along all its axes until it touches the limit switches This function allows to reference the absolute origin of the machine Square Gantry The machine wi...

Page 8: ...so the central point of the machine from which all coordinates are calculated If a G code is loaded the graphical interface will also display the toolpath that the ma chine will follow to mill that pa...

Page 9: ...you can find a command line also called MDI that is used to type G code manually and send it directly to the machine For instance the com mand shown below will move the machine at maximal speed to th...

Page 10: ...the web etc You can access the desktop by minimizing the window of PlanetCNC Like with a smartphone if you want to open a file or a program simply press the icon once If you want to right click press...