Willingly shut down halfway through job?

CNC Machines Nomad
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Hello all,

I got my machine a while ago and I admit, I was both too busy and a bit unnerved to start using- which ironically only fed more into my fear of spindles exploding and breaking everything because now the warranty ran out. But got to start somewhere, eh?

One thing that I wanted to know and couldn’t find is how to stop a machining when halfway through a project. Not pausing- I mean “I need to leave for the weekend and need to turn off the machine and the computer.” A lot of references I see if for pausing or just the machine. When I’m not at home, I want to turn off everything- the Nomad and the computer.

Is it possible? I read about restarting the G-code at the point of stopping. Would that work or will I need to recalibrate?

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Yes, this can be done, but it requires editing the G-code — identify where the cut was left off, then determine where the cut can safely begin, preserve the preamble and save the edited G-code in a new file.

It’s not something we support, and it is hoped that a future version of Carbide Motion will have this as a feature.

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Excellent, thank you for letting me know!