[ynnek]

how do I accomplish this in TurboCAD/CAM?

I need to cut several small pieces from a 12" x 12" x 1/4" piece of delrin. I am a little lazy, but would like to learn how to write a sub routine & run that to cut the pieces. The help in the prog is not very useful. well any help would be appreciated. . Also in TCC ther is no command to simply plunge an endmill to create a hole. I have to leave the tool in the machine. as the program runs it calls for a tool change & stops. I hit the start button (Mach3) & keep on going. Any way to eliminate this? I made one piece earlier & here is the code.

% ( MILL_LOCATING_BUTTON )
O1
G20
G00 G17 G40 G49 G90 Z1.
( 5/32 4FLUE HSS END MILL )
T1 M06
G00 G90 G54 X12.095 Y12. S12349 M03
G43 H1 Z1. M08
( OPERATION NAME = STEP_DOWN )
F10.
( MILLING POCKET )
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.03
G02 X12.1407 Y11.9704 I-0.095 J-0.197
G03 Y12.0296 I-0.1407 J0.0296
G02 X12.095 Y12. I-0.1407 J0.1674
G01 X11.905
G02 X11.8593 Y12.0296 I0.095 J0.197
G03 Y11.9704 I0.1407 J-0.0296
G02 X11.905 Y12. I0.1407 J-0.1674
G01 X11.9389 Y11.9296
G02 X12.1386 Y11.8267 I0.0611 J-0.1266
G03 Y12.1733 I-0.1386 J0.1733
G02 X11.8614 I-0.1386 J0.0237
G03 Y11.8267 I0.1386 J-0.1733
G02 X11.9389 Y11.9296 I0.1386 J-0.0237
G03 X11.9571 Y11.9818 I-0.017 J0.0352
G01 Z0.1
G00 Z1.
X12.095 Y12.
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.06
G02 X12.1407 Y11.9704 I-0.095 J-0.197
G03 Y12.0296 I-0.1407 J0.0296
G02 X12.095 Y12. I-0.1407 J0.1674
G01 X11.905
G02 X11.8593 Y12.0296 I0.095 J0.197
G03 Y11.9704 I0.1407 J-0.0296
G02 X11.905 Y12. I0.1407 J-0.1674
G01 X11.9389 Y11.9296
G02 X12.1386 Y11.8267 I0.0611 J-0.1266
G03 Y12.1733 I-0.1386 J0.1733
G02 X11.8614 I-0.1386 J0.0237
G03 Y11.8267 I0.1386 J-0.1733
G02 X11.9389 Y11.9296 I0.1386 J-0.0237
G03 X11.9571 Y11.9818 I-0.017 J0.0352
G01 Z0.1
G00 Z1.
( OPERATION NAME = NUB )
( MILLING )
X12.0116 Y12.3315
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.06
G02 X11.9884 Y12.0625 I-0.0116 J-0.1345
X12.0116 Y12.3315 I0.0116 J0.1345
G01 Z0.1
G00 Z1.
( MILLING )
X12.0027 Y11.668
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.06
G02 X11.9973 Y11.938 I-0.0027 J0.135
X12.0027 Y11.668 I0.0027 J-0.135
G01 Z0.1
G00 Z1.
( OPERATION NAME = PROFILE )
( MILLING )
X11.9994 Y11.6
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.09
G03 X12.0006 Y12.4 I0.0006 J0.4
X11.9994 Y11.6 I-0.0006 J-0.4
G01 Z0.1
G00 Z1.
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.12
G03 X12.0006 Y12.4 I0.0006 J0.4
X11.9994 Y11.6 I-0.0006 J-0.4
G00 Z0.1
Z1.
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.15
G03 X12.0006 Y12.4 I0.0006 J0.4
X11.9994 Y11.6 I-0.0006 J-0.4
G01 Z0.1
G00 Z1.
( MILLING )
X11.9997 Y11.62
Z0.1
G01 Z-0.15
G03 X12.0003 Y12.38 I0.0003 J0.38
X11.9997 Y11.62 I-0.0003 J-0.38
G01 Z0.1
G00 Z1.
M05
G91 Z1. M09
G28 Y0.
M01
( 5/32 4FLUE HSS END MILL )
T2 M06
G00 G90 G54 X11.855 Y12. S8168 M03
G43 H2 Z1. M08
( OPERATION NAME = DRILLING )
F5.
( BORING )
G99 G82 R0.1 Z-0.15 P0
X12.145
G80
M05
G91 M09
G20 X0. Y0. Z0.
M30

[dgapilot]

I'm just starting with TurbocadCam also. I haven't gotten to subroutines yet, but I recall seeing them in the book. As far as drilling a hole with an end mill, just edit out the tool change lines. Every g code program I've done so far has required manual editing. Either I don't have the machine settings correct, or it just spits out stuff Mach3 doesn't understand.