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8.11 COPY Events
Copy Events are programmed exactly like Subroutine Events. The only difference is that
in Copy the events are rewritten into subsequent events. If, for example, in event 11 you
copy repeated events 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 with 2 repeats, events 6-10 would be copied with the
input offsets into events 11-15, and recopied into 16-20.
Copy Events may be REPEAT, MIRROR, ROTATE or DRILL to TAP.
Copy is very useful. With Copy you can:
- Edit the events that are being repeated, mirrored or rotated without changing the
original events.
- Program an event parallel to X or Y (where the geometry is the easiest to describe),
rotate it to the desired position, then delete the original.
- Use the clipboard to paste previously stored events from another program into the
current program. After you press the CLIPBOARD key, you will enter the offset from
the previous program's absolute zero to the current program's absolute zero (see figure
below). For information about putting events into the clipboard, see Section 10.4.
In the above example, the offset that puts the group of holes in the desired location is X=-
1.50 and Y=-1.00.
8.11.1 Copy Drill to Tap
The copy drill to tap feature allows you to convert a series of drill events over to a tap
event. Prompts in this event.
First Event #: is the event number of the first drill event to be copied
Last Event #: is the event number of the last drill event to be repeated; if only one event
is to be repeated, the Last Event # is the same as the First Event #
Z Rapid: is the Z dimension to transition from rapid to feed. Make sure that Z rapid is
set high enough to compensate for the amount of float in the floating tapping head.
Z End: the depth of the thread