Format Motion Helical
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It is used to print the helical movements (G2, G3 movements) in the APT/CL file in the appropriate format in the NC program.

Helical motion lines, which are expressed with “CIRCLE” (sometimes ARC etc.) lines in the APT/CL file, first activate “Event Circular Motion” in MANUSpost. This event includes “ActionCircularMotion” as standard.

Generally, the circular and helical motion definition is the same in the APT/CL file. MANUSpost automatically calculates the start and end points of the circular/helical motions and later decides whether the movement is circular or helica, by looking at the difference in Z values of the start and end point. If the difference is not zero, the motion is determined to be helical.

ActionCircularMotion runs the :ref:`Format Motion Helical<Format Motion Helical>`. command if the motion is helical.