Hi Again,
Here's a little example of why you don't want to purchase BobCAD. This is from a small program it posted this morning. If you look carefully you will find that the program selects a tool (T28), turns on the coolant, turns
off the spindle - then plunges into the material. Nice.
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O100
(902JIG1.NC)
( MACH 3 - ENGLISH)
(TUE. 03/04/2008 12:42PM)
( T1 ENDMILL ROUGH , DIAMETER = .5 , LENGTH = 5.)
( T2 ENDMILL ROUGH , DIAMETER = .125 , LENGTH = 5.)
N01 G20 G49 G54 G80 G90
(JOB 1 POCKET)
N02 M06 T28
(TOOL #28 0.5000 ENDMILL ROUGH)
N03 M05 <------- Spindle off.
N04 G00 G54 X1.2472 Y-1.1274
N05 G43 H28 Z.1
N06 M08
N07 G01 Z-.0625 <----------------- Plunge with spindle off.
N08 M98 P10 ( SUBPROGRAM CALL )
N09 G00 Z.1
N10 M09
(JOB 2 CONTOUR)
N11 M06 T22
(TOOL #22 0.1250 ENDMILL ROUGH)
N12 M03 S5011 <--- With this tool it's OK though
N13 G54 X3.8125 Y-.8575
N14 G43 H22 Z.1
N15 M08
N16 G01 Z-.063 F20.0459
N17 M98 P11 ( SUBPROGRAM CALL )
N18 G00 Z.1
N19 M09
(JOB 2 CONTOUR)
N20 M06 T28
(TOOL #28 0.1250 ENDMILL FINISH)
N21 M03 S4500
N22 G54 X3.8125 Y-.8475
N23 G43 H28 Z.1
N24 M08
N25 G01 Z-.063
N26 M98 P12 ( SUBPROGRAM CALL )
N27 G00 Z.1
N28 M05
N29 M09
N30 G49 G91 Z0.
N31 M30
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-- subroutines omitted - they do not contain tool control.
As an added bonus you may notice that the tool numbers called up at the top of the program have nothing to do with the actual tool numbers used in the program.