# Manual Touchplate

**URL:** <https://community.inventables.com/t/manual-touchplate/18758>\
**Category:** Upgrades\
**Created:** [January 13, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/manual-touchplate/18758 "2016-01-13T23:52:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![BillArnold](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/billarnold/32/48170_2.png) [@BillArnold](https://community.inventables.com/u/BillArnold)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/manual-touchplate/18758/6 "2016-01-14T01:39:01Z")

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I set up a macro in UGS. Here’s the one that makes this work for me:

G20 G38.2 Z-.5 F2; G92 Z.5; G91; G0 Z0.25; G90

Breaking it down:

G20 = set system to inches

G38.2 Z-.5 F2; = move Z down to Z-0.5 at 2ipm until it touches the plate (it never reaches -0.5, of course)

G92 Z.5; = set the coordinate offset to 0.5", the thickness of my plate

G91; G0 Z0.25; = set to relative mode and raise Z by 0.25" for clearance

G90 = set system back to absolute mode

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