I am using Surfcam 2004 and when I post drilling and tapping cycles it produces a z move on the first line of the hole pattern. I didnt have a Format 2 post with rigid tapping so I reworked the Format 1 with RT and everything is works except the extra z. It doesnt affect the drill cycles only the tap cycle. if I dont manyall take it out the machine will alarm out. Can anyone help with how to fix the Pst file so that it wont produce this extra z.
The post looks like this.
M6 T3 ( Tool Radius 0.095 Diam 0.19 Corner Rad. 0
G0 G90 S200 M3 E1 X-4.5669 Y-0.2475
H3 M8 Z1.
G84.1 G98 S200 R0.1 Z-0.5571 X-4.5669 Y-0.2475 F8.3334
Y-0.8775 Z-0.5571 (This is the z I am talking about.)
X-0.472
Y-0.2475
G80
My post file looks like this.
name FadaL 2 Rigid Tapping
% 00
! 00
/ 00
O >4
N >4
g >2.1 G
G >2
S >4
H >2
D >2
M >2
T >2
R ->3.>4
r +->3.>4
z ->3.>4 Z
E >2
X ->3.>4
Y ->3.>4
Z ->3.>4
I ->3.>4
J ->3.>4
K ->3.>4
F >4.>4
Q ->3.>4
P >4
L >4
( 00
d >3.>4
e >3.>4
f >3.>4
* 00 ""
ModalLetters X Y Z F R # List of letters that are modal
ModalGs 0 1 2 3 73 74 76 80 81 82 83 84 84.1 85 # List of g codes that are modal
Sequence#s N 0 1 1 # Char, freq, incr & start
First#? Y # Y or N 'Output 1st sequence no.
Last#? Y # Y or N 'Output last sequence no.
HCode X # X or X U 'Horizontal char.
VCode Y # Y or Y V 'Vertical char.
Dcode Z # Depth char.
FeedCode F # Feed rate char.
Comment ( ) # Begin End comment char.
Spindle 3 4 5 # Cw, ccw & stop m codes
Coolant 8 9 7 # On, Off & Mist m codes
DComp 41 42 40 # Left, Right & Cancel m codes
LComp 43 49 # On & Off codes