[woodman08]

can someone tell me if you can type in a value and change the z axis on the main mach3 screen.
I can type ia new value + or - but what do you do to make it work ,any key i press it goes back to zero ,i would like to be able to move the machine up z axis then type in a va(don't want to disturb the z=0 setting)lue to return it to zero

[skray775]

You have to go to the MDI tab i beleive and in th "input" section type G0Z0.1
or whatever and hit enter.

I got tired of switching screens so I used the Mach3 screen editor and added a small input box on the main screen.

[woodman08]

thanks .will try that

[ger21]

Do you want it to actually move, or just change the value?
If you just want to change the value, just type in the value and hit "enter".

[woodman08]

I actually wanted to move the axis by entering a negative value ,it's when I want to do a dry run after I have set z=0, Icahn raise the z axis but. cannot return it by an entry on the screen ,mind you I can from the keyboard ,I was hoping I could just record the value ,type it in and the z would return to the per set spot

[ger21]

No, you'd need to use MDI, or add a custom DRO and Button with a macro to move it automatically.

[woodman08]

I sort of thought that ,i will stick to what i have been doing
but thanks for the answer