Re: Drilling with Vector

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "imserv1" <imserv@v...> wrote:

> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Tim Goldstein" <timg@k...> wrote:

> There are probably at least 6-8 different ways to drill holes with
> Vector, depending on what kind of job you want to do.
>
> Alan's technique with the Connect at Z is very popular with the
> woodworkers, who often don't have drilling cycles on their CNC
> routers ( I even know one guy that would rather take a sharp stick
>in
> the eye than drill holes with a router, he LOVES to do it with
> Vector). I have also used Copy paste with -Z displacement and
> multiple copies to draw peck drilling cycles that mimicked the
> pecking cycles for machines that didn't have them. Once you have
> drawn one, you can copy and Paste with Snap at all the hole points
> you have previously drawn.
>
>
> And as one of our hecklers has tried to negatively point out, you
>CAN
> edit the code if you want to, but it's not required.

Fred,
Thanks for a clear and concise answer.
It wasn't heckling at all as you can see from posts made after your
original where users have admitted they have learnt a new way.
It's obvious that this is one area that has been cleared up and at
least two people have bettered from it.
Isn't that what this group is about?

John S.