Is there a way with sheetcam to turn on and off ATHC when cutting smaller holes?
Thanks,
Tyler
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Re: ATHC
It's up to your control program to do that. In MACH3 you can do a macro that in essence clicks the THC button off or on.
Lets say you write the macro and name it M101 for off and M102 for the on macro
you then use the G code snips tool in SheetCAM to call the M code macro.
Good news: it works
Bad news : G-code executes one line at a time and a macro causes it to pause any motion while it executes, so it works poorly at the wrong spot.
Worse news: If you don't use MACH and have a stand alone THC your THC knows nothing about what is happening in g-code unless the control program can send it a disable command.
Lets say you write the macro and name it M101 for off and M102 for the on macro
you then use the G code snips tool in SheetCAM to call the M code macro.
Good news: it works
Bad news : G-code executes one line at a time and a macro causes it to pause any motion while it executes, so it works poorly at the wrong spot.
Worse news: If you don't use MACH and have a stand alone THC your THC knows nothing about what is happening in g-code unless the control program can send it a disable command.
