Format Cycle Csink

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

It is used to print countersink drilling cycles (G82 etc.) in the appropriate format in NC program.

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

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

Countersink drilling cycle lines, expresed by the lines “CYCLE/DRILL,CSINK” 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 the “Format Cycle Csink”, if the detected drilling cycle type is countersink drilling cycle type (G82).

IMPORTANT NOTE: At the start of each drilling cycle (i.e. in the CYCLE/DRILL,CSINK 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 lins coming after CYCLE/DRILL,CSINK and up to CYCLE/OFF).