4 - ROUGH TURN CYCLE

Recommended Syntax

%MACRO=4=..=Rough Turn Cycle=4,5,7,10,12,30,31,21,40,41,84,

Note that 12 is optional and enables the Constant Offset modifier in the cycle dialog.

System Variables Modified	System Variable Description
DEGR	Degression factor used to calculate depth of cut
DEPTH	Depth of Cut
ENDSUB	End Subroutine Block Number
FEED	Feedrate
FIELD2	Link Type 1 = Rapid 2 = Feed
FIELD7	Billet Z co-ordinate (only if FIELD9=1)
FIELD8	Billet X co-ordinate (only if FIELD9=1)
FIELD9	Billet selection: 0 = Start point specified by current tool position 1 = Billet specified by digitised position (co-ordinates held in fields 7 & 8) 2 = Geometric or toolpath billet selected
FIELD10	Corner Type 0 = Round corners 1 = Square corners
FIELD11	Rough Cuts Only modifier 0 = Not selected 1 = Selected
FIELD12	Cycle Finish position 1 = Finish at cycle start
OFFSETX	X Axis Offset Value
OFFSETZ	Z Axis Offset Value
PATHTRACE	Controller Canned Cycle Flag
SPEED	Spindle Speed
STARTSUB	Start Subroutine Block Number
SUBFUNCT	Drive Condition
SUBROUTINE	Subroutine identifying number
XEND	X Axis End Position of profile
XSTART	X Axis Start Position of profile
ZEND	Z Axis End Position of profile
ZSTART	Z Axis Start Position of profile

Important Note

For the Retract and Approach angles to work correctly, you must use a suitably modified Code Generator file.

The line (in the Code Generator source file) containing the Rough Turn macro must be modified as follows:

%MACRO=4=RT=Rough turn area clearance=5,7,10,30,31,21,40,41,135