[HuFlungDung]

WMS,

I was noticing the differences in the number of Z options offered in OnecncXP's drilling cycles, versus what you are offered in the mill pathing.

I wonder why they cut those out? It seems that the extra clearance height in the drilling options is just what we need to be able to use everywhere, not just in drilling.

What do you think? Compare the gcode output you get before a drill cycle with the output you get before milling.

Maybe this would be worth petitioning for if you find it will fill the need.

In my case, I used to use my controllers tool length offset option to serve as my "extra Z" option, ie., I would move to the start XY coordinate and then execute the offset, which my controller actually forces an immediate tool movement of the offset amount. This method is difficult to implement, too, because then I need to be able to insert that offset command after the first line of coordinate code has been generated. This is possible in the drill cycle setup, however, for regular milling, it is imperative to also have this tool offset command in the start line box, which in effect, give me two instances of the same command written into my gcode whenever I use a drill cycle.