Originally Posted by
BNR_RANDY
This is for a lathe, 2 axis
Bob-Cad will only let you select canned cycle or separate lines once per drill operation. I did not like the spot drill to post a canned cycle. I edited my Siemens post to replace the canned cycle with just straight G-code. Seems to work fine. I cannot think of why I would not want to do this. If I'm not peck drilling it's most likely a shallow depth hole so it's just G1 Z-x.xxx Fx.xxx then next line is G0 Z0.1
1124. Standard Drill Canned Cycle. Straight G-Code Version
n,"X0.0 ", "F",program_block_20
n,"Z",program_block_1
n,"G1 Z",program_block_5
n,"G0", "Z",program_block_1
1125. Standard Drill Canned Cycle with Dwell. Straight G-Code Version
n,"X0.0 ", "F",program_block_20
n,"Z",program_block_1
n,"G1 Z",program_block_5
n,"G04 S",force_no_add_spaces,drill_dwell
n,"G0", "Z",program_block_1
The peck drill versions keep the canned cycles.
I am not sure if this would apply to any posts other than a Siemens 840C
Good idea or bad?