On 2010-07-22, Wes wrote:
Ignoramus24043 wrote:

or example, say, I have a steel plate. I could make a circular cut
through it. If the plate is thick or hard, I may need to do it in
several passes, with plunging.

Okay so far.

See G12,G13 with plane select keyword(G17,18,19). My quick google shows that g2 g3 now
take a ramping value on some controls.

Yes, but for circles only. EMC takes arguments to make the cut helical.

I want to make a lifting eye with a egg shaped hole.

In the case of G12, G13 on older controls, it was basically a G2/3 move with an infeed or
ramping down/up per revolution. That is if I remember this correctly.

You do.

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Wes

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EMC is almost all software, so,