Tormach PCNC 440 - 6.8.5 Drill Tab

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6.8.5 Drill Tab
Drill provides a means to create a hole locaon list, then, based on DRO entries, congures an
appropriate canned cycle G-code to create holes – either Paern or Circular (see Figure 6.32).
Hole Locaon Table – Used for making a list of X and Y locaons for each hole using the same tool, Z
and common DRO entries (see Figure 6.32). To create holes using dierent tools or other parameters,
post the rst group, clear the table, enter the next group of locaons and other parameters, then
append the new list to the exisng posted le.
Holes in a list are completed in order from top to boom. Rearrange row order by using the Raise
and Lower buons. To move a row, rst acvate it by clicking anywhere on the desired row, which
highlights it (in blue) then select the Raise and Lower buon. To edit an X or Y cell, click on the
desired row, then click the desired cell. An acve cell shows up as a white box with a cursor marker
(which looks like | ) on a blue row. If there is already a number in the selected cell, it is blocked in
blue and is replaced with any number typed in. To edit an exisng number, be sure to click on the
number unl a cursor appears. The Clear All buon clears all entries in the table. Upon leaving a
cell, the entry is checked to see if the entry is a valid number. If not, the entry is erased and an error
shows up in the Status tab.
Rows are checked when the Post buon is clicked. Any missing entries (an X without a Y, a Y without
an X, or an empty row before the last row with an entry) stop the posng and insert the text “??” in
the cells with missing entries. Just ll in the missing entries, delete any “??” entries, as well as Lower
any empty rows past the last row with an entry, then try posng again.
Drill – Uses one of the canned G8x cycles to drill a hole at each locaon called out in the hole table
(see Figure 6.32). The drill cycles available are: G81 Drill, G82 Drill with Dwell, and G83 Drill with
Peck (features can not be combined, peck cancels dwell).
Figure 6.32
Hole Location Table