Re: G & M Codes?????????????

On 7/18/06, cnc002@... <cnc002@...> wrote:
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> In a message dated 7/18/2006 2:32:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> lc4short50@... writes:
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> Hey Everyone,
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> I am taking a CAD/CAm class and the instructor asked a
> very interesting question. One that he didn't even know the answer to.
> So maybe someone out there knows???? What the G & M stand for in G code
> and M code?????????????????????LC
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> I was told that the G codes were "Geometry" and the M codes "Miscellaneous"
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> Now, I can't verify that those are the correct terms but some years ago
> that
> is what I was told. Of course, some G codes now handle jumps and
> sub-routines which have been added to the capabilities of the CNC
> controllers. M codes
> still seem to do miscellaneous tasks such as starting spindles, tool
> changes, coolant, program end and in some cases, jumps, sub-routine calls,
> sub-routine end, etc.
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> Randy
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