Thursday, September 18, 2008

G-Code sample

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Next, we are going to go through an example of cutting out a 2” square with a CNC Plasma Cutter.Then we will view the G-Code to see what is going on.

2” Square G-Code:
The numbers on the left of the G-Code are the sequence numbers of the code and the order it will be executed in.  I have added notes after different actions to let you know what that line of code means.  My note starts with a “-“ then continues.  A “-“ means nothing in gcode.


N0000 (Filename: 2INSquare.txt) – Name of File
N0010 (Post processor: Plasma.post) – Name of Post Processor Used
N0020 (Date: 8/1/2007) - Date G-Code was generated
N0030 G20 (Units: Inches) – Measurement Units Used
N0040 G53 - Machine co-ordinate system
N0050 G90 – Absolute Programming
N0060 G40 – Tool radius compensation off
N0070 F1 – Feedrate of 1” per min
N0090 (Part: Square) – name of the part
N0100 (Process: Plasma,  DEFAULT, Plasma, 0.01 in kerf) – Tool to be used
N0110 G00 – Go to Home
N0120 X0.1113 Y-0.0904 – Move to this exact X, Y position
N0130 G04 P2000 – Pause for 2 seconds, this is in milliseconds
N0140 M03 – Fire the plasma torch
N0150 G04 P500 - Pause for .5 seconds, this is in milliseconds
N0160 G03 X0.0000 Y-0.0050 I-0.1113 J-0.0298 F40.0 – move to this X, Y position in an arcing movement at a feedrate of 40 inches per min
N0180 G01 Y2.0000 – Travel in the Y+ direction for 2 inches to X0, Y2
N0200 G01 X2.0000 – Travel in the X+ direction for 2 inches to X2, Y2
N0220 G01 Y0.0000 – Travel in the Y- direction for 2 inches to X2, Y0
N0240 G01 X0.0000 – Travel in the X- direction for 2 inches to X0, Y0
N0250 G03 X-0.1113 Y-0.0904 I0.0000 J-0.1152 – move to this X, Y position in an arcing movement
N0260 M05 – Turn off the plasma torch
N0270 G04 P2000 – Pause for 2 seconds, this is in milliseconds
N0280 G00 – Move to Home
N0300 M30 – End Program

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