The canned drilling cycles module is a short G-Code produced by some serious CAM software to make holes. In addition to adding some features, this significantly reduces the number of instructions sent through the serial port.
Currently, the drilling cycles module implements the first three options in absolute mode G90 only. For a complete list/description of G-Code, see Tormach’s G81-G89 Background.
[!WARNING] Incremental mode not implemented (L).
[!DANGER] In relative mode
G91, drilling holes operations are ignored.
| Option | Example Value | Explanation | | —— | ————- | ———– |
| drillingcycles.enable | false | Enable drillingcycles module. |
|---|---|---|
| drillingcycles.dwell_units | S |
Dwell units S = seconds, P = millis. |
G98 Retract to initial ZG99 Retract to R plane
G81 Simple drilling cycle.G82 Drilling cycle with a pause at final depth (Dwell).G83 Peck drilling cycle; incremental drilling with a retract, can be combined with dwell.
G80 Mark the end of cycle.