Using modality for string and numeric variables
Most CNC machines use the concept of modality to avoid redundant data, thereby reducing the overall length of a part program. The result is that repeated coordinates or commands are automatically stripped from the part program to prevent repeated occurrences of a reserved word whose value is the same as the previous occurrence of that word.
When you use modality delimiters with the <seq> reserved word, PartMaker will strip all sequence numbers from the part program during post processing. This is accomplished by specifying 0 for Block Increment in PartMaker's Post Options dialog.
Note: Never place modality delimiters around two reserved words otherwise neither will be recognized. For example:
{<coolant>X<x-coord>} is wrong.
To make both those words modal, use the following syntax:
{<coolant>}{X<x-coord>}