Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] List of commands for a 1983 vintage Anilam Crusader II milling machine control.

On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 02:12:47 +0000, Jon Elson <elson@...>
wrote:

>I use it pretty much 'bare'. About the only things I have are G01 G17
>at the beginning, and M02 at the end. I could probably add a few more
>things at the beginning. Maybe some other controls need more presetting
>at the beginning.

I may not need to do it, but the behavior of the machine gets more
predictable if I prefix all the programs with:

% // mandatory beginning of file character
N010 M1000 // set continuous processing
N020 G70 // Set dimensions to inches
N030 G90 // Set to absolute measurement
N040 G00 Z0.0 // Rapid retract cutter "before" translation

This is what is now in my BobCAD MACRO for program start. I have

G29 E
%

in the program end MACRO. It saves some typing. I'm hoping by having
a complete set of templates to eliminate errors also.

In the "G" code editor, which strips all comments before uploading, I
also have a set of comments preceding the variable definition section
that say what "CAD" file and BobCAD "CNC" file go with the code file
in the editor, what cutter to use at what rpm and feed, etc. Since my
parts are simple, I comment all the lines except the detailed path
commands. Otherwise, I just know a year from now I will never ever
know what the programs do.

I will be adding tool macros to provide the syntax with blanks to
define tools, etc. I plan to add macros to include all the drilling
cycles since the syntax in the "Machine" menu doesn't seem to be
correct for my control. The BobCAD syntax is one line, I think (I
could be wrong about this) my control wants two lines. etc.

Heck, I'm just getting started. I don't even know enough to know how
much I don't know ... yet. <G>

Fitch
In So. Cal.

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