I’m attempting a project with a contour toolpath and then a pocket tool path. If I pause the machine to change bit, how do i raise the spindle change bits and resume the project?
The expectation is that a BitSetter will be used to manage tool changes for multiple tools in a single file.
In the absence of a BitSetter, instead write out separate files and manually set Z-axis zero before loading the successive file.
When I started out in 2019 with CC you had to write out separate tool paths of gcode and run them one at a time. For the first tool path you set X Y and Z zeros. Starting with V7 of CC they encrypted the gcode inside the .c2d file. You have to buy the Pro CC license to save gcode files separate from the .c2d file. However if you have a Shapeoko/Nomad you can still use v7 or v8 and make all your tool paths but you have to go in and enable only the first of multiple tool paths, disable all other tool paths and save your file. Then you can set your X Y and Z zeros and run the saved .c2d file with the first tool path. After that first tool path is run then go back into CC and edit the file and disable the first tool path and enable the second tool path, save the .c2d file and change your Bit and rezero for Z, X and Y are still remembered. You will have to reset the Z each time you change bits but the X and Y zeros are remembered.
When you configured your Shapeoko you should have told CM you did not have a BitSetter. If you have a BitSetter you enable it and then set the position it is in during configuration. Without a BitSetter you simply put your bit in and jog to the place you want to set Z zero and use the paper method to set your Z zero or if you have a BitZero you can set your Z with it. Without a BitZero or a BitSetter everything is set manually.
I have a Genmitsu 4030 deck top machine. It came with a z-hight mapping probe. Is that the same as the bitsetter you’re referring to?
On that machine, you’d probably need to output each tool as a separate file so you can load a new tool and then reset the zero each time a tool change is required.
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