Gcode does absolute and relative. It depends what you have set in the file.
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Gcode does absolute and relative. It depends what you have set in the file.
The hexadecimal system is used of necessity. All your messages are posted using it, just because hte geeks and nerds do ti well enough so that you do not have to bother using it is a credit to them...
That does not make it a good system. It makes it an archaic system that is based on our physical limitations.
Consider this. When doing division in base 10 you have only the numbers 5 & 2 that...
Not following that at all, sorry. What you are describing is the decimal system.
The hexadecimal system has the same format as does the duodecimal system.
Because 10 is a really poor choice for any calculations. 12 is best (pennies and shillings) 16 is probably next best (lb / oz) 20 is OK, 2 is good but difficult for humans unless you do a seriously...
The UK went through it 30 years ago. I too have a full set of imperial tools that rarely leave the tool box now and that would be OK but the metric system truly sucks particularly when it comes to...
They are normally M3 thread and that makes the nuts 5.5 mm across flats.