Format Cycle Breakchip

This command can be added by right-clicking on the “Drilling Cycle” heading inside “Commands” tab.

It is used to print breakchip drilling cycles (G73 etc.) in the appropriate format in NC program.

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

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

Breakchip drilling cycle, expresed by the lines “CYCLE/DRILL,BRKCHP” in the APT/CL file, first activate “Event Cycle Start” and “Event Cycle” in MANUSpost.

“ActionCycleMotion” is included as standard in “Event Cycle”. “ActionCycleMotion” will run “Format Cycle Breakchip”, if the detected drilling cycle type is breakchip drilling cycle type (G73).

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