G68 Rotation

[csharp]

When using a G68 to rotate the coordinate system do I need to cancel it before changing work planes (G17,G18,G19)?

I assumed I need to call out the work plane before the rotation command so we know what axis to rotate around but then once the rotation is set I could call up other work planes???

Thank you

 

[DouglasJRizzo]

Yes, you do. At least on the machines I ran.

 

[evega]

Correct. The code is G69 to cancel. I turn it on and off for each tool to make sure I can visually verify at the start and end of each tool.