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« on: January 04, 2015, 05:22:17 AM »
If anyone uses BobCAD and the IP-S or IP-A (with Enc module) and intends to do rigid tapping then I have altered my post processor to put out suitable code for the M84 macro.
I have it working but am still tweaking it to try and make things a bit better.
At the moment each hole that is to be tapped has to be a seperate operation, this is because the M84 macro does not recognise the canned cycle format for multiple holes. Or at least I don't think it does, I am not at a machine now so can't be 100% certain but I seem to remember I had to previously do seperate M84's for each hole.
Anyway what I hope to manage is to make it so BobCAD will output code individually for each hole by using only 1 tapping operation. Problem is I am not great at VB so I may not manage.
As previously said I have it working using multiple operations, so if anyone wants to alter their PP just shout and I can let you know the lines that need altered in your PP.
Hood