Cycle tab

You can use the Cycle tab of the Hole Feature Properties dialog to edit the Drill Cycle attributes for an Operation.

Drill (G81) — This is a straight up and down motion without any pecking.

Spot Face (G82) — This is a drilling cycle with an optional dwell.

Deep Hole (G83) — The drill retracts all the way to the Plunge clearance plane a number of times during the process to clear debris from the Hole. You can override the tool's pecking options for each operation, but the peck style is specified in the CNC file.

Tap (G84) — Select the tap type using the Tap Cycle option. The choices are Floating, Rigid, Deep Hole, and Chip Break. All cycles use the same Tap program format, but logical reserved words exist in XBUILD to distinguish the specified tap type.

Reverse Tap (G74) — This is a left-handed tapping cycle.

Note: If you do not enter a G-code for the Reverse Tap cycle in the NC Codes dialog in XBUILD, computed canned moves are performed.

Chip Break (G87) — In this cycle, the drill retracts a short distance to clear chips before plunging again.

Ream — This cycle affects how a ream is performed. The choices are Ream FDF (feed-dwell-feed) (G89), Ream FF (feed-feed) (G85), and Ream FSR (feed-stop spindle-retract) (G86).

Note: If you select Ream FF, the cycle is posted using the Bore (FF) format in XBUILD. Ream FDF uses the Bore (FDF) format, and Ream FSR uses the Bore (FSR) format.

Bore cycle affects how a bore is performed. Select one of the following from the menu:

Back Bore (G87) — Use the Back Bore cycle to machine back bore holes using a single Setup.

Parent topic: Drilling feature attributes