Milling Macro Reference

11 - REAM CYCLE

Recommended Syntax

%MACRO=11=..=Ream Cycle=4,6,7,9,21,27,29,28,50,53|176,200,201,
 

System Variables Modified

System Variable Description

DWELL

Dwell in Seconds

DRILLSUB

Subroutine Indicator

0 = Longhand Code

1 = Subroutines Present

FEED

Feedrate

LAST

Number of Points

MRPLANE (#)

Retract Plane for each position*

MZDEPTH (#)

Z Drilling Depth for each position*

PATHTRACE

Controller Canned Cycle Flag

RPLANE

Retraction Plane

SPEED

Spindle Speed

XEND

X End Position

XPOINT(#)

X Axis Position*

XSTART

X Start Position

YEND

Y End Position

YPOINT(#)

Y Axis Position*

YSTART

Y Start Position

ZCLEAR

Z Clearance Plane

ZDEPTH

Final Z Depth, if multilevel not selected

ZFEED

Z Axis Feed

ZLEVEL

Work Plane, if multilevel not selected

ZPOINT(#)

Zlevel for each position.*

Note that 176 (FIELD1) contains the Entry feed value.

* See Also XYZ Array for Drilling in Different Environments