Chapter 3 Basic Operation
3-4 Moving the Tool
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Chapter 3 Basic Operation
About the Displayed Tool Position
Coordinate View
The main window in VPanel displays the present location of the tool as numerical values. Using these
lets you perform manual feed accurately, which can be very convenient in tasks such as aligning the
workpiece.
The numerical values that indicate the location of the tool are called "coordinates," and the starting
point for the coordinates is called the "origin." The following gure shows a location that is shifted from
the origin by 50 millimeters along the X-axis, 30 millimeters along the Y-axis, and 20 millimeters along
the Z-axis. This X-axis distance is called the "X-axis coordinate" (or sometimes just the "X coordinate"),
and the Y- and Z-axis distances are similarly called the "Y-axis coordinate" and the "Z-axis coordinate."
The distances from the origin for the respective axes to the tool are therefore the corresponding co-
ordinate values.
This position is expressed
as "X = 50 mm, Y = 30 mm,
Z = 20 mm."
X-axis coordinate
Origin
50 mm
20 mm
30 mm
Y-axis coordinate
Z-axis coordinate
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