Tilted Working Plane

This page is being written

The section exists so the shape of the documentation is visible and stable. The content below states what will be here; until it is, treat this page as a placeholder rather than a reference.

What this page will cover

• G68.2 declares a working plane on a tilted face, so the program can be written in that face’s own X, Y and Z.
• Setting the datum. Part zero is still set on the part, the way it always is; the plane is declared by the program on top of it.
• G53.1 points the tool along the plane’s normal.
• Cancelling, and what a reset leaves behind.
• Probing on a tilted plane: which cycles are valid and which are not.

Reference

• G & M Code List: G68.2, G53.1, G68 / G69.
• Setting Part Zero, the datum this builds on.

In the meantime

Until this page exists, the panel itself is the reference: the screen it describes carries its own labels and softkeys, and the control refuses what it cannot do rather than doing it quietly.