Do you use Soft Limits if you have limit switches on your machine?

advantages/disadvantages of enabling soft limits??

Yes i use both.

The limits are never hit in normal use as they cause a reset condition.

The soft limits are set 2mm before the limits so the machine slows and stops just short.

With the soft-limits set right it is practically impossible to hit a limit switch

Okay...my next question would be...

As a hypothetical example, lets say you're cutting something and for whatever reason(misjudged cutting area etc) it would want to cut past your limits....when it comes to your soft limits....does it cause a reset condition or does it continue to run the code? start cutting again when it comes back past your soft limit again?

so basically i would ref all home to reset my machine co-ordinates, enabled my soft limits...

newbie here...lots of question

If you have soft limits set, working, and turned on, when you press cycle start on a code file that wants to go outside your limits, you get a "Soft limit Warning on X / Y / Z" message, you can then OK the message or cancel and fix it.

The first thing upon starting up is a ref-all function or the machine has no idea where it really is.

i'm confused..."oath message"?

so it performs the same function as the machine hitting your limit switch then?

Blasted autocorrect

OK the message

Not quite - it stops the motion BUT it does not cause a reset condition so you can jog away again.

i see...okay....so it serves the same purpose but it may save you having to reset your machine if you hit limit switches without soft limits enabled.

Yep, you won't hit the limits if soft limits are set up properly