Roland Aproll MDX-540, User Manual

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3-4 Moving the Tool
About the Displayed Tool Position
Coordinate View
The main window in VPanel displays the present location of the tool as numerical values. Using these lets you perform manual
feed accurately, which can be very convenient in tasks such as aligning the workpiece.
The numerical values that indicate the location of the tool are called "coordinates," and the starting point for the coordinates
is called the "origin." The following figure shows a location that is shifted from the origin by 50 millimeters along the X axis,
30 millimeters along the Y axis, and 20 millimeters along the Z axis. This X-axis distance is called the "X-axis coordinate" (or
sometimes just the "X coordinate"), and the Y- and Z-axis distances are similarly called the "Y-axis coordinate" and the "Z-axis
coordinate." The distances from the origin for the respective axes to the tool are therefore the corresponding coordinate
values.
Origin
This position is expressed as "X = 50 mm,
Y = 30 mm, Z = 20 mm."
30 mm
20 mm
50 mm
X-axis coordinate
Y-axis coordinate
Z-axis coordinate
50
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