Rapid Settings

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Rapid Settings

Rapid settings used for LVD Lasers

Rapid settings used for LVD Lasers

 

Rapid Mode (Default Mode of Caller) Whether to write the rapid's X and Y ptarget positions in absolute or incremental coordinates.  This is almost always Mode Of Caller which uses the program's Absolute/Incremental settings.

Rapid Code (Default G0X%sY%s)  How the Rapid is to be written.  The %s arguments are the X and Y values.  Most controllers are happy with the default settings.

 

Force Rapids (default False)  Forces the controller to write a rapid move even if no motion is needed.  Some machines (eg LVD Lasers) need this set as they write Process numbers ahead of the rapid, and if the rapid starts where the last cut finished, or at the start of a subroutine the first cut begins at 0,0, then skipping this line can cause errors.

 

Omit Rapid Prefix  If the last command was a rapid, then the G0 is omitted, and just the X and Y values are written.  Useful on very old controllers with memory limitations.

 

Pre Rapid Code and Post Rapid Code   Additional codes that can appear before and after the Rapid word

 

Rapid Start Number The starting value for for rapid numbering.  Rapid Numbers can be accessed via $RAPID_NUM$, and rapid numbers can act like process numbers.

 

Rapid Number Increment   The increment for for rapid numbering.