Numeric control program (G-Code) to engrave a four digit serial number based on the macro variables stored. Tested working in simulation and several friends/customers are using it in production.
Applied Engineering & Design, nor Mike Centola, accepts any responsibility for the misue of the techniques shown in this numeric control program. We publish this information because we feel it will be of interest to CNC users, hobbyests and enthusiasts. In all cases, the end user is totally responsible for considering the inmplications, good and bad, of implementing one or more of the techniques shown here.
You will want to call the subprogram from you main program using G65 P5000 A I J K E F R S T X Y Z and your main program should handle the incrementing of the serial number variables.
( VARIABLES PASSED )
( #1 = A = SERIAL NUMBER TO ENGRAVE )
( #4 = I = ANGLE OF ROTATION ) **OPTIONAL**
( #5 = J = SCALE FACTOR / TEXT HEIGHT = 1.0 ) **OPTIONAL**
( #5 = K = LETTER SPACING ) **OPTIONAL**
( #8 = E = PLUNGE FEED RATE ) **OPTIONAL**
( #9 = F = ENGRAVING FEED RATE )
( #18 = R = CLEARANCE / RETRACT PLANE )
( #19 = S = SPINDLE RPM )
( #20 = T = TOOL NUM )
( #24 = X = START X )
( #25 = Y = START Y )
( #26 = Z = ENGRAVING DEPTH )Currently the only variation is the one using CAMBAM Stick Font 2 and numbers only. I will be adding other fonts as well as letters for prefixes.
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