August 23 2022

Drilling

****** THIS DOCUMENT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THIS IS FOR THE NEW RELEASE 4.x ******

Introduction

Ultimate CNC (4.x) has implemented an easy and customizable drilling system. The drill need setting, and it is applied when you create a Drill from SimpleCAD or Scripts.

SimpleCAD has a drilling system based on XY coordinates. If you want to create a more complex way to drill, you can customize it from Scripts.

In the "Drilling" settings screen you can set 3 modes for drilling, it depends on your hardware, so you can use / configure the next templates.

Basic
On this template you can configure speed of spindle, dwell, and feedrate used for Z (drill)
Dwell
On this template you can configure speed of spindle, dwell, and feedrate used for Z (drill), and Dwell for z in max. depth
Customized
This options is completely open: allow you to add / remove G-code to drill. So, you can specify M3/M4, etc...

Next tags can be customized:

G_SPEED
Speed spindle, rpm
G_DWELL
Dwell in seconds, spindle
G_Z_FEEDRATE
Feedrate, Z for drill
G_DRILL_DWELL
Dwell in seconds, Z on depth
G_Z_DEPTH
Don't modify or remove this tag
G_Z_UP
Don't modify or remove this tag

The previous mechanism G-code will be deprecated and probably will be removed (G81, ...). We recommend use the new mechanism, is more easy, and flexible.

G-code G81: Drilling Cycle

The tool positions itself at the top of the hole. The tool feeds to the specified Z position at the programmed feed rate. The tool retracts in rapid mode to either the previous Z position or the R plane.

G81 X1 Y0 Z-0.5 R1 L4

Values:

  • X: The X location of the first hole.
  • Y: The Y location of the first hole.
  • Z: The depth of the first hole (absolute).
  • R: Retract.
  • F: Feedrate. If nothing is input, then the last used feed rate will be used.
  • L: Number of times to repeat.

Sample Code:

  • G90 G0 X0 Y0 Z0
  • G01 F10 X0 G4 P0.1
  • G91 G81 X1 Y0 Z-0.5 R1 L4
  • X0 Y1 R0 L3
  • X-1 Y0 L3
  • X0 Y-1 L2
  • G80
  • G90 G0 X0
  • Y0
  • Z0
  • M2

G-code G82: Drilling Cycle, Dwell

G82 X1 Y0 Z-0.5 R1 L4 P1

Values:

  • X: The X location of the first hole.
  • Y: The Y location of the first hole.
  • Z: The depth of the first hole (absolute).
  • R: Retract.
  • F: Feedrate. If nothing is input, then the last used feed rate will be used.
  • L: Number of times to repeat.
  • P: Dwell, number of seconds