The Entry tab will only appear if the Subroutines parameter
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When drilling into hardened material, you may want to use a slower feedrate until the drill tip has completely entered the material. To set this, use the Entry parameters for the hole cycle. These parameters are not available if you are using a Tap, since a constant speed to feed ratio must be maintained.
Tool Diameter - Check to apply the Entry Feed rate until the full diameter of the tool is in the material. This is mutually exclusive with Entry Depth. Note that this parameter cannot be used if your current tool has a flat tip.
Entry Depth - Specifies the value (or Digitise) the incremental depth to which the system is to apply the Entry Feed rate. Below this depth, the Plunge Feed rate is to be used.
Entry Feed - Specifies the feedrate to be used down to either:
the Entry Depth, or
when the tool has drilled into the material to its maximum diameter.
This depends on which parameter you used to define the Entry Depth.
The Entry tab will only appear if the Subroutines parameter
has been set to Pathtrace.
Note that this functionality is only available with Code
Generator files that have the Entry modifier number specified on the Drill
macro line.