Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] G92 and M99 code uses?

> The problem is I don't know how to stop the M99 code and if left the
> machine would keep doing this sequence until it burns out :) How
> would I specify it to do the 50 holes in this example?
>

this is where conditional expresions come in to G-code

start with V1 set to 0 and V2 set to 49
move to first hole and

N005 (drill nn holes)
G81 R.50 Z-5 (single drilling with .50 raise and drilling 5 mm in)
G80 (cancel drilling)
G00 X1 (moving X axis 1 mm over)
G92 X0 (This is the catch! RESETS the machine back to zero)
V1=V1+1 (increment variable 1)
/IF[V1 LE V2]N005 (if v1<=v2 do another hole -block delete will end program)
M02

also works as a cycle counter to make x number of parts
check the manual for the right format of the IF statement and
the <= , I was using the Okuma format

Brian