3.2.5.3 Drill Pattern
"Drill Pattern" includes "Line Drill Pattern", "Grid Drill Pattern", and "Arc Drill Pattern". "Drill Pattern" can also be applied in "Cancycle" commands (G73~G89), so the drilling or tapping can also work. Dialog boxes of "Drill Pattern" contain 1st Axis Delta and 2nd Axis Delta data fields, the axial coordinate of the comparison in each plane mode is shown in the following table, for example, in G17 (X-Y plane), 1st axis represents X-axis and 2nd axis represents Y-axis.
"Drill Pattern" Pull-Down Menu
Mode |
1st axis |
2nd axis |
G17 |
X |
Y |
G18 |
Z |
X |
G19 |
Y |
Z |