Hole Depth for A2100

[Brewster]

I have a problem getting my post to output Incremental depth for my A2100 controller. i need the Z value in my drill cycles to be incremental from the R-plane. How do i do this?

[Bryan Johnson]

below is an example where a variable is create for this value.

I have a sample post I can send you.

I think that with the A2100 you can change your settings so that it will process drill cycles per Fanuc standards. That way you would not have to create a special post for this machine.

 

 

incdrdp = abs(refht - depth) # For Incremental drill depths

 

 

pdrill # Canned Drill Cycle

n, *sgdrill, *x, *y, *incdrdp, *frplunge

[Brewster]

thanks for the response.

the only problem with changing the machine settings is that we have thousands of other programs that those machines run. At my shop Mastercam is treated like the red headed step child and catia is the beautiful princess. I am trying to give Mastercam a fair chance and get the posts ready.