Format Cycle Drill
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This command can be added by right-clicking on the "Drilling Cycle" heading inside "Commands" tab.

It is used to print drilling cycles (G81 etc) in the NC program in the appropriate format.

In an APT/CL file, this drilling cycle usually starts with statements like “CYCLE/DRILL” and ends with the statement CYCLE/OFF. 

The CYCLE/DRILL statement also contains the parameters of the drilling cycle. Drilling positions (points) are also given in subsequent GOTO lines.

Drilling cycle lines, expressed by "CYCLE/DRILL" lines in the APT/CL file, first activate :ref:`Event Cycle Start<Event Cycle Start>`. and :ref:`Event Cycle<Event Cycle / ActionCycleMotion>`. in MANUSpost.

“ActionCycleMotion” is included as standard in “Event Cycle”. “ActionCycleMotion” runs “Format Cycle Drill”, if the drilling cycle type detected is in the standard drilling cycle type (G81).

IMPORTANT NOTE: At the start of each drilling cycle (ie in the CYCLE/DRILL statement in APT/CL), :ref:`Event Cycle Start<Event Cycle Start>`. will run automatically at first for once. Later, :ref:`Event Cycle<Event Cycle / ActionCycleMotion>`. becomes active for all drilling points in the same drilling cycle (i.e. all GOTO lines coming after CYCLE/DRILL and up to CYCLE/OFF).