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Make setup sheets directly from your CNC programs and print them in Excel
Dear CNC programmers,
you can make setup sheets directly from your CNC machining programs and print them into MS Excel with the new CNC Scan program. You can chose options to read tool descriptions (comments), tool length offsets, tool radius, maximum z depth reached by the tool in the program. For free demo download visit www.cncplusplus.com
Regards,
Zdenek
Here is an example of our files
The header contained tool number and diameter plus all features to be drilled
O4203 (T709162 8.5 DRILL 842,732,731,734,735)
N10 G21 G0 G90 G94 G80 G40 G49 G17 (H 4-OCT-2004 13:18)
N20 M606 T709162 B0. C2.
N30 G54 M26
N40 G65 P1014 B0.
N50 G0 G43 X33.572 Y469.4 Z450. B0. S8965 H1 M3 M8 T709156
N60 Z428.326
N70 G1 Z396.57 F2540
N80 G0 Z450.
N90 G65 P1014 B180.
N100 G0 X-35.072 Y504.7 Z68. B180. M263
N110 Z27.68 M264
N120 G1 Z-4.08 F2540
N130 G0 Z38.68
N140 Y436.4
N150 Z27.68
N160 G1 Z-4.08 F2540
N170 G0 Z27.68
N180 X-15.572 Y431.7
N190 X82.428 Y393.4 Z-49.
N200 G1 Z-80.59 F2540
N210 G0 Z-49.
N220 X114.428 Y431.7
N230 G1 Z-80.59 F2540
N240 G0 Z-49.
N250 X82.428 Y483.4
N260 G1 Z-80.59 F2540
N270 G0 Z42. M319
N280 G91 G30 X0. Y0. Z0. M554 M558
N290 G90 M99
(N30 DRILL 832)
(N90 DRILL 732)
(N140 DRILL 731)
(N180 DRILL 733)
(N220 DRILL 734)
(N250 DRILL 735)
M99
Comments are placed after the M99 for cycle time reasons but detail what block is drilling a specific feature. The tool lists as you describe it was done in tool paths in the tool rooms but in the production environment comments were removed from the body of the program. The begining of the program told us everything we needed to know. But for a prototype/ tool room application it would seem to be useful to put into Excel. We did not want the production CNC operators wasting their time reading stuff, just run the machine ;-)