Cycle types

The operations in FeatureCAM are mapped to the following canned cycle formats:

Operation	Canned cycle format
Chamfer	Spot Face
Countersink	Spot Face
Counterbore	Spot Face
Drill	Drill
Ream	Bore(F-F)
Tap	Tap
Peck Drilling	Deep Hole and Chip Break

The following FeatureCAM parameters contain corresponding reserved words in XBUILD:

FeatureCAM parameter	XBUILD reserved word	Type
Tool No. (from Operations sheet)	<TOOL>	Numeric
Fixture ID	<FIXTURE>	Numeric
Tool Change Location X (in Post Options)	<X-CHANGE>	Numeric
Tool Change Location Y (in Post Options)	<Y-CHANGE>	Numeric
Tool Change Location Z (in Post Options)	<Z-COORD>	Numeric
Coolant manufacturing attribute (document attribute or feature attribute)	<COOLANT>	String

Note: Some CNC machines require the previous Tool # and Fixture #. In this case, use the $ symbol to represent the previous number.

Tool parameter lines are formatted in the Program Start, Tool Change, and Program End program formats.

Coolant parameters (Off, Mist, and Flood) are defined in XBUILD, and are output by Post whenever the reserved word <COOLANT> appears in a program format block.