Format Cycle Tap Breakchip

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

It is used to print the breakchip type tap cycles (G84 etc.) in the APT/CL file in the appropriate format in the NC program.

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

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

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

“ActionCycleMotion” is included as standard in “Event Cycle”. “ActionCycleMotion” activates the “Format Cycle Tap Breakchip”, if the drilling cycle type detected is the breakchip tap drilling cycle.

IMPORTANT NOTE: At the start of each drilling cycle (i.e. in the CYCLE/TAP,BRKCHP statement in APT/CL), Event Cycle Start. will automatically run 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/TAP,BRKCHP and up to CYCLE/OFF).