PLABEL/OPTION,8 PLABEL/OPTION,11

4.95.2 REWIND/PUNCH

REWIND/PUNCH

Causes the file pointer to be repositioned to the first line of the Punch file. Any susbsiquent write to the Punch file will cause a loss of all data currently in the file. Forcing the G-Post to exit, by sending it the command FINI, after using REWIND/PUNCH will cause the Punch file to be empty.

Note: This command is normally only used in a FIL routine.

4.96 ROTABL (M)

4.96.1 ROTABL/AAXIS-BAXIS-CAXIS,ATANGL-INCR,a[,CLW-CCLW][,NEXT-NOW]

ROTABL/AAXIS-BAXIS-CAXIS,ATANGL-INCR,a[,CLW-CCLW][,NEXT-NOW]

(5 Axis Machine Only)

This statement generates the rotary table motion block.

AAXIS-BAXIS-CAXIS Specifies which rotary table is to be moved.

ATANGL Specifies an absolute table location a in degrees from 0 to 360.

INCR Specifies an incremental value of a in degrees from the current table position.

The value of a can be from -360 to +360.

CLW-CCLW Specifies the direction of table rotation to be clockwise or counterclockwise.

This option is modal; initially CLW is assumed.

NEXT Causes the table motion to be output with the next linear motion.

NOW Causes table motion to be output in a block by itself, initially NOW is assumed.

4.96.2 ROTABL/ATANGL-INCR,a[,CLW-CCLW][,NEXT-NOW]

ROTABL/ATANGL-INCR,a[,CLW-CCLW][,NEXT-NOW]

(4 Axis Machine Only)

This statement generates the rotary table motion block.

ATANGL Specifies an absolute table location a in degrees from 0 to 360.

INCR Specifies an incremental value of a in degrees from the current table position. The value of a can be from -360 to +360.

CLW-CCLW Specifies the direction of table rotation to be clockwise or counterclockwise. This option is modal; initially CLW is assumed.

NEXT Causes the table motion to be output with the next linear motion.

NOW Causes table motion to be output in a block by itself, initially NOW is assumed.

4.97 ROTATE (M)

4.97.1 ROTATE/AAXIS-BAXIS-CAXIS,ATANGL-INCR,a,[CLW-CCLW][,NEXT][,OUT]

ROTATE/AAXIS-BAXIS-CAXIS,ATANGL-INCR,a[,CLW-CCLW][,NEXT-NOW][,OUT]

This statement generates the rotary table motion block.

AAXIS-BAXIS-CAXIS Specifies which rotary table is to be moved.

ATANGL Specifies an absolute table location a in degrees from 0 to 360.

INCR Specifies an incremental value of a in degrees from the current table position.

The value of a can be from -360 to +360.

CLW-CCLW Specifies the direction of table rotation to be clockwise or counterclockwise.

This option is modal; initially CLW is assumed.

NEXT Causes the table motion to be output with the next linear motion.

OUT Causes the a angle to be output in machine coordinates. OUT must be the last entry specified on the ROTATE command or it will be ignored.

4.98 ROTHED (M)

4.98.1 ROTHED/AAXIS-BAXIS-CAXIS,ATANGL-INCR,a[,CLW-CCLW][,NEXT-NOW]

ROTHED/AAXIS-BAXIS-CAXIS,ATANGL-INCR,a[,CLW-CCLW][,NEXT-NOW]

(5 Axis Machine Only)

This statement generates the rotary head motion block.

AAXIS-BAXIS-CAXIS Specifies which rotary head axis is to be moved.

ATANGL Specifies an absolute head location a in degrees from 0 to 360.

INCR Specifies an incremental value of a in degrees from the current head position.

The value of a can be from -360 to +360.

CLW-CCLW Specifies the direction of head rotation to be clockwise or counterclockwise.

This option is modal; initially CLW is assumed.

NEXT Causes the head motion to be output with the next linear motion.

NOW Causes head motion to be output in a block by itself, initially NOW is assumed.

4.98.2 ROTHED/ATANGL-INCR,a[,CLW-CCLW][,NEXT-NOW]

ROTHED/ATANGL-INCR,a[,CLW-CCLW][,NEXT-NOW]

(4 Axis Machine Only)

This statement generates the rotary head motion block.

ATANGL Specifies an absolute head location a in degrees from 0 to 360.

INCR Specifies an incremental value of a in degrees from the current head position. The value of a can be from -360 to +360.

CLW-CCLW Specifies the direction of head rotation to be clockwise or counterclockwise. This option is modal; initially CLW is assumed.

NEXT Causes the head motion to be output with the next linear motion.

NOW Causes head motion to be output in a block by itself, initially NOW is assumed.

4.99 SELCTL

4.99.1 SELCTL/t (M)

SELCTL/t

Generates a T code for the tool number t to be preselected.

Note: Automatic tool preselect will be performed if the switch is set in the Option File Generator. There would be no reason to use the SELCTL command if automatic tool preselects are being used. If automatic tool preselects are performed the post processor will generate a tool list file using the same name as the input file with the .TL1 extension.

The tool list file is formatted as follows:

3

8 1 1.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

16 1 1.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

24 1 1.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0

The first number is the number of tool changes in this program. In this case 3 tool changes.

Each line there after is as follows:

First value is the CL record number of the tool change

Second value is the type of tool change, 1=LOADTL 2=TURRET Third value is the tool number

Fourth value is the offset number

Fifth value is the Z LENGTH from LOADTL, Set to 0 if TURRET Sixth value is the X gage length from TURRET, Set to 0 if LOADTL Seventh value is the Y gage length from TURRET, Set to 0 if LOADTL Eighth value is the CLW-CCLW from the TURRET, Set to 0 if LOADTL

Ninth value is the TURRET being used, 1=FRONT, 2=REAR, 3=SADDLE, 4=MAIN, 5=RAIL and 0=LOADTL

4.99.2 SELCTL/t (L)

SELCTL/t

Generates a T-code to change the offset register number to t without indexing the turret.

4.100 SELECT (M)

4.100.1 SELECT/h

SELECT/h

This statement generates a fixture offset code to initiate the X-Y fixture offsets, with the offset register number h. The address is selected by the Option File Generator.