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Move Points vs. Incremental Moves

JroweCMM6
FIRST POST EVER! Ive been programming for a little over a year. A company we make parts for is in a pickle. They have asked if we could make a few CMM programs for them. I guess there programmer has left the company on bad terms, and the replacement is now swamped with work and needs programs made for him. Now, I have completed a couple programs for them, and they ran successfully with no crashes (I rarely program without having the actual part on my table, so I was a bit nervous).
Now here is my question. The programmer at the other company was happy with the programs I sent. But he told me he would prefer if I used Incremental Moves instead of Move Points. What is the reasoning for this? I don't understand why one is better than the other? Can someone please explain for me.
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  • Move points can get screwed up when programmed within loops, and can also be a problem when using flow controls which would involve skipping alignments.
    When I program a looped routine, I exclusively use move/clearplanes and move/increments within the loop. Outside of a loop, a freely use move points.

    So i presume their request is to aide them in looping the routine to palletize loading.
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  • Move points can get screwed up when programmed within loops, and can also be a problem when using flow controls which would involve skipping alignments.
    When I program a looped routine, I exclusively use move/clearplanes and move/increments within the loop. Outside of a loop, a freely use move points.

    So i presume their request is to aide them in looping the routine to palletize loading.
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