Newbie- G65 and G74 in PartMaker SwissCAM

[PACMan1779]

Hey everyone! I have a couple questions that I would like to bounce off of everyone.

Has anyone used a G65 in PartMaker to post a drill cycle rather than a G83? Or at least adjust the retract per peck? We have run into an issue were the G83 has had a large effect on our cycle due to the full retract on some deeper holes. Any thought on this?

Also, does anyone know of a way to use G74/G75 in PartMaker? We have a part with a longe contoured bore and its creating a huge string of chips. Rather than breaking the bore into segmented profiles I would like to use a G74 if possible. Has anyone else run across this? What did you do to solve it?

Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated

Thanks!

PACMan

[billcain]

Hi Pacman,

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[sidswiss]

We use G65 on our Star SV Lathes. It looks like this (in Z):

G65P8999A.06B.035C.02R0S-.02Z1.086W.02F.0012D1.5E4.0;

We have this in our posts to output the G65 code with all the right info(thanks Bill C.) when ever we use deep hole drilling.
Attached is the O8999 sub-program(drill macro.txt) and an explanation of how to use it(drill macro example.txt).

There is a parameter in some controls that allow you to change the retract amount to come out of the hole or not. On the Stars it's parameter No. 5101-bit 2. Check your manual or use this sub-program.

As far as G74/G75, never used it. Partmaker is pretty good at setting depth of cut (say .010")for a contour. Make sure your initial stock is set correctly (say .100")(10 rough cuts @ .010" - finish).
drill macro.txt

drill macro example.txt