Drill Center in Torchmate Cad
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Drill Center in Torchmate Cad
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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Re: Drill Center in Torchmate Cad
Can you make a really small circle instead of a point?
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Re: Drill Center in Torchmate Cad
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
i appreciate the help thanks guys ill try to monkey with the post.
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Re: Drill Center in Torchmate Cad
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
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.