Drill Center in Torchmate Cad

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Drill Center in Torchmate Cad

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Hi everyone i have a torchmate 4400 with a plate marker attachment i am looking for a way to just mark the center of a hole without having to do any contouring movement in x or y axis unfortunately it post out with the dwell before turning on the tool any help will be extremely appreciated
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This is how it post out but the dwell is in the wrong place it should be between the m64 and m65
This is how it post out but the dwell is in the wrong place it should be between the m64 and m65
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Re: Drill Center in Torchmate Cad

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Can you make a really small circle instead of a point?
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djreiswig wrote: Thu Feb 10, 2022 9:04 pm Can you make a really small circle instead of a point?
Agreed. Make a very small circle instead of a point. Otherwise it sounds like you need to figure out how to modify your post processor to use with the plate marker.
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Re: Drill Center in Torchmate Cad

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i appreciate the help thanks guys ill try to monkey with the post.
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I don't know about torchmate CAD, but with the CAD I use I would make a circle with a diameter of 0.001" for the center punch marking with a torch fire.
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Re: Drill Center in Torchmate Cad

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acourtjester wrote: Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:09 am I don't know about torchmate CAD, but with the CAD I use I would make a circle with a diameter of 0.001" for the center punch marking with a torch fire.
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