WCS C and T Planes

[Sandybar]

Am I missing something here? Is there a way to see what WCS C & T planes that are active without opening the WCS manager. This would be a big help while programming 4 - 5 axis work.

[mayday]

click on named planes.Active plane is highlighted . I dont use WCS. to me its a waste of time

[K2csq7]

Am I missing something here? Is there a way to see what WCS C & T planes that are active without opening the WCS manager. This would be a big help while programming 4 - 5 axis work.

 

Yours doesn't just say it at the bottom left of the graphics area?

[specv]

click on settings>configuration>screen and then tick the box that says "display viewport XYZ axes"

[Sandybar]

Okay I see it now, the text is almost the same as the background color. No wonder I was missing it. Is there a way to change the text color?

 

Thanks!!

[gcode]

Is there a way to change the text color?

 

its controlled by the background color..

try changing the background color to white..save and close

then open and set it back to what you want

[Aeroguy]

I dont use WCS. to me its a waste of time

 

So what do you use then?

[gcode]

I dont use WCS. to me its a waste of time

 

I guess it depends on the kind of work you're doing.

 

I don't use WCS on full 5X jobs, but for everything else, WCS rules

[Jeremy Herron@DBS Solutions™]

^^^^ +100000000000 ^^^^

[Sandybar]

Gcode, changing the background color and then save and close set it back worked like a charm. Thanks

[Jayson Kramer]

I guess it depends on the kind of work you're doing.

 

I don't use WCS on full 5X jobs, but for everything else, WCS rules

I am right there with you.

[Zoober]

I'm with Wes on this one. But I do 99.9% horizontal tombstone work and 5axis stuff. One WCS as top of pallet, C/L of rotation, or pivot C/L on the 5 axis stuff. TC planes cover all rotations unless full 5. Then it's just top top top.

I also average in the hundreds of ops per station.

I have worked on some files others have started with multiple WCS's. Unless they are extremely organized, it turns into a cluster in a hurry.