Have the Bitsetter box unchecked in setup because we don’t have one with our Shapeoko 3 XXL.
Been away from our Shapeoko for a while & so still learning the new workflow w/ the latest version (using 636), but shouldn’t we get a popup or something to remind/tell us to change the Z axis zero when changing bits? Just did our first 2 tool project with the new workflow & while we got the tool change notification there wasn’t any indication to reset the Z axis to zero after changing the cutter.
Had to abort then restart from the beginning - next time will remember to reset the Z axis zero when Carbide Motion indicates the tool change. Should have assumed that I needed to do that, but was kind of expecting a prompt or confirmation box (and a little forgetful at the time).
Possibly covered in another thread, apologies if so, had a little difficulty figure out the right search term to use…
If you have a BitSetter, it is used to manage tool changes.
If you don’t have a BitSetter, then the only way to manage this is to write out separate files for each tool and manually adjust the Z-axis zero after changing each tool.
Perhaps it is possible to give a different dialog box when the bitsetter box is unchecked, something that says change the bit and reset the Z axis zero. Of course that wouldn’t be applicable if the settings box was checked, old wording fine for that. And since I don’t know how the software is written I’ve got no idea how difficult that would be to implement. Could help out less frequent users like ourselves(this one is in a makerspace) …
I just got a 3XXL a few months ago and am still learning, but I’ve been using stop collars on my bits so they are all essentially the same length. Of course, there are some much shorter/longer bits that makes this method less effective, but most of my bits are pretty much the same length. Stop collars are way cheaper that a BitSetter for now. When i figure out how to make $$ with it, then i’ll probably invest in a BitSetter.