newbynobi wrote:
I use very often end mills for drilling opperations, as it allows saving tool changes.
How are you using it then ? Are you using drilling modes G73, 81, 82 or 83 ?
One option is using a Drill Change and not activate, this will not ask for a tool change but set the feed, speed and mode but you have to use the drilling subroutines
Hallo Fern,
mostly just as a normal move in Z, but sometimes also as G73 or G81.
I see you pont of view, but IMHO it is very unusual to use two types of "tool change". Isn't it possible to have only one tool change, select in "use for" between
- Roughing and Finishing
- Roughing
- Finishing
- Drilling
If the user selects Drilling, the additional menu parts gets sensitive, so he then can enter the drilling cycle and the diameter etc.
Feed and speed are the same, independently from the tool.
Norbert
P.S. I updated the gmoccapy.ini file to allow also homing all axis at once, like in the normal sim config.
Also the sim_spindle.hal.
To try, just place the file gmoccapy_NativeCAM.ini and the spindle_sim.hal in the ncam_demo folder and start the ini.
You will have the working area limits shown and homing all button will work, also the simulated spindle does react.
