Originally Posted by mattpatt  For example, I still haven't sussed out the G80 generation that isn't happening after 3-d drilling , but since I don't use it a huge amount at this time I just (lazily) keep writing it in manually.
I'm also not sure if I can generate a G2/3 code is the XZ and YZ axis. |
The 3D drilling is a little odd as the G80 call needs to be generated for @drill_point (he says working of memory - it's two years since I did that in my post!). Like you, I hardly ever use 3D drilling - all my holes are on different angular displacements.
You can get SolidCAM to use G18 and G19 and then sung G2 & G3, though I have never used it. I believe you set the plane as YZ or XZ in the co-ordinate system set-up and go on from there. I imaginge that you would set up a separate MAC for these jobs that are using G18 / G19 and then set up you post so that it read the difference and acted accordingly.
We use right anle head tooling here quite a bit, though they are all programmed manually using parametric macros - I'm going to have a play at building a post for this I think.
All the best
Bob