Select Formats > Move to access the move formats menu.
Rapid — The Rapid move format defines the output format for rapid positioning moves. Generally, modality delimiters { } are placed around the <X-COORD> and <Y-COORD> reserved words. This allows the post processor to strip X, or Y from the line when a coordinate is redundant. In motion blocks (rapid, linear and circular), the reserved word <MOTION> receives the path definition parameter from FeatureCAM (Rapid, Linear, Arc CW, or Arc CCW).
Linear
The Linear move format defines the output format for linear moves.
The following reserved words must be defined in this block:
Wire diameter compensation can be turned On/Off in this format line with the reserved word <COMP-STAT>. Also other commands like <TAP-STAT> for taper cutting, <TAP-ANG> as taper angle, Wire thread and cut, Register settings, and so on maybe used here.
Circular
The Circular move format defines the output format for arc moves. The following reserved words are provided as arc modifiers for I, J, or R values:
XY,UV
The XY,UV move format defines the linear output format for 4-axis moves. The reserved words <MOTION>, <X-COORD>, and <Y-COORD> must be defined together with the third U and fourth V axis commands <U-RELATIV>, <V-RELATIV>, <U-COORD>, <V-COORD>.
Wire diameter compensation can be turned On/Off in this format line with the reserved word <COMP-STAT>. Also other commands like Wire thread and cut, Register settings, and so on maybe used here.
Start XY,UV — This section is output before the first XY,UV move format and normally used to activate special machine settings which may be necessary for the control to machine a 4-axis part.
End XY.UV — This section is output after the last XY,UV move format and normally used to deactivate or reset special machine settings which may have been necessary for the control to machine a 4-axis part.
UDF Text — Returns code/comment from a user-defined feature (UDF). <UDF-TEXT> and <UDF-COMMENT> are reserved words that receive text passed from the UDF