Cycles dialog (Turn)

Specifies the manner in which drilling, threading and grooving cycles are handled. The Cycles Informationdialog is displayed.

You can specify the following parameters:

Groove simple — Select this option to output a Groove as series of computed moves. Or, in the case of a straight walled dimensioned groove, the roughing operation is output as a canned cycle.

Groove canned — Select this option to output the curve in the NC code twice and the roughing and finishing canned cycles reference the curves. If reuse path is selected then the curve is output only once and the roughing and finishing cycles reference the same curve.

Note: Grooving has only limited canned cycle support. Only roughing of straight-walled grooves are output as a canned cycle. This applies to grooves with Chamfer = 0, Angle = 0 and Radius = 0.

When Canned is selected, a format for a canned threading, drilling, or tapping cycle is defined, which is output by Post only one time. If Computed is chosen, the drilling, threading, or tapping move definitions are output as the respective cycle's pass for each step.