Re: Drilling with Vector

Do I understand things correctly? does Vector only has the ability to
output a G81 (spot drill) cycle, what about all of the others
(G73,G82,G84 etc.), do you have to manually edit the Gcode to achieve
them?
If I want to spot-drill, drill and then tap 100 holes, it looks like
there is a lot of editing to do.
Do you have the ability to control the 'initial' (G98) or 'rapid'
(G99) plane return directly from Vector, or does this have to be
manually edited also?

Just curious.

Dave Pearson

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Tim Goldstein" <timg@k...> wrote:
> What controller software are you using? If your software supports a
G83 then
> you are in business. Just select all the points (you do have them
at the
> depth you want to drill?) and then generate the G-code. Vector will
give you
> a G81 canned cycle. Now go and change the G81 to G83 (peck drill
cycle) on
> the first line and remove G81 from all the other lines so they only
have the
> X & Y coordinates. Now add the following parameters to the first
line with
> the G83 (values are representative, use what is proper for your
machine)
> R.25 This will set the amount the drill retracts above Z0 which
should be
> the top of your work
> Q.125 this is the advance per peck
> F5 This is the feed rate
> So your line will now look like this:
> N10 G83 X0.000 Y0.000 Z-0.625 R.25 Q.125 F5
> Now when you give the controller an XY coordinate pair it will
repeat the
> peck using the parameters you gave it when you set it into G83 mode
only
> altering the location. To cancel and get back to normal mode put a
G80 at
> the end of your peck drilling.
>
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> >
> > I've been playing with Vector 9.3 for the past two days (crash
course) and
> > I've been able to draw pretty well with it. Now I'm trying to
drill a
> > milling plate and have come up with a problem so basic I'm almost
> > embarrassed to ask the question, but here goes:
> >
> > How do you make it drill?
> >
> > I have the plate drawn, 4x8.5", with a pattern of points at 1/2"
> > intervals,
> > 120+ points in all. The workpiece is 4x8.5x0.5". I can build a
> > G-code file
> > that positions the table for each hole, but have not figured out
how to
> > bring the Z axis down. I want to drill 0.625" deep holes, by
pecking.
> >
> > I'm reasonably sure that the answer is a simple one, but it
escapes me.
> >
> > Anyone?
> >
> > Dave Goodfellow
> > Northridge, CA
> > "No problem too small to baffle this expert"
> > (Boy, is that a true statement!<g>
> >
> >
> > Addresses:
> > FAQ: http://www.ktmarketing.com/faq.html
> > FILES: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO/files/
> >