Yes, I draw the part to include the leadin and leadout. I wrote an AutoCAD macro that writes the g-code from within AutoCAD.
But, as long as you have the leadin and leadout drawn, It should be as simple as adding the G42 and G40 in the correct places.
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Gerry
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