### Setting the Axes Scale Factor

Machine Options dialog box - Resolution tab

The Resolution tab allows you to specify the scale factor for the each axis of your machine. The scale factor is used for two reasons:

- Some controllers do not return scales as real numbers (e.g. 637.24319876) but as whole numbers (e.g. 63724319876). In this case, the whole number returned from the controller would need to be divided by scale factor of 1,000,000.0 to get the correct real number.

- These values may also be used to perform as volumetric compensation for your machine. For example, if you have a small linear error you would use a scale factor of 9,998 instead of 10,000.

Caution: These values should only be changed by a trained technician. Altering these values may give an undesired result.