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Managing Advanced 5X Machines
Advanced 5X machines support complex features such as RTCP (For example, M128) and the definition of work planes. In order to properly manage such machines, it is necessary to continuously synchronize GPP2 with the machine controller behavior.
For instance, in rotating table machines, setting a slanted work plane effectively moves the controller zero point (it may have been moved by the rotation).
On the other hand, in rotating head machines, using a slanted work plane actually rotates the UCS used by the machine controller, so that the Z axis is aligned with the slanted tool.
In order to properly control the machine, all these changes in the machine behavior must be told to GPP2.
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