Z Axis greater than soft limit of 0

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Hey JonnyDex,

@Aiph5u

as long as you have not created a g-code toolpath of your own, uploaded and selected it in the machine, and probed or manually set your workpiece zero coordinate, this is not an issue and can (must) be safely ignored.

If you have created a g-code toolpath of your own, uploaded and selected it in the machine, and probed or manually set workpiece zero coordinate, then this error tells you that your g-code toolpath wants the machine to mill outside its workspace, which will in no case go. In this case, either your 3D model is too big, or you’ve probed or set manually your workpiece zero coordinate in the wrong position.

This support document may help you:

• Help! My Toolpath says ‘Under’ or 'Over"! (with videos)

Remember that the zero coordinate of your 3D model must be located at the same position as on your real blank. If you have your workpiece origin (=workpiece zero coordinate) on the bottom of your 3D model, you must probe from machine bed. If you have your workpiece origin at the top of the 3D model, you must probe on the top of your blank.

@JonnyDex

Well I cheated a little. I set the “max-soft-limit” to “0.3”. No more errors after that and my program worked flawlessly. But why?

You should not change the soft limits of the machine. You are fooling the machine if you do that.

The min-soft-limits and the max-soft-limits are part of the configuration and are fixed for your machine model. You should reset the configuration to its default on the ADMIN page and not touch the limits, but find the real cause of your problem instead, that is one of the above.

@JonnyDex

I always home prior to probing.

This is wrong. Don’t do that. You have to home exactly once, that is after switching the machine on.

Homing ≠ Zeroing!

Maybe you are probing wrong, please follow these instructions on how to probe:

• How to use the Touch probe

With your gamepad, or with the Jog Pane, or with MDI commands, you must move the bit closely over the circle in the touch plate prior to start probing.

See also

• Manually Setting X,Y,Z Zero on the Onefinity CNC
• How to Probe a V-Bit on the Onefinity CNC
• Onefinity Touch Probe Fine Tuning