
B-63874EN/05 OPERATION 5.DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS ABOUT ENTERING ARBITRARY FIGURES
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5.2 ARBITRARY FIGURES FOR THE YZ PLANE
Arbitrary figures in the YZ plane can be used in the following types of
milling.
1. Facing
2. Contouring (Side cutting)
3. Pocketing
4. Grooving
5. Emboss machining
NOTE
See Chapter 1, "Milling," in Part III for detailed
descriptions about data to be entered for each type
of cycle machining.
Start point: G1300 (YZ plane)
ELEMENT (INPUT DATA) (Note 1)
Data item Meaning
T FIGURE ATTRIBUTE
(Note 2)
[FACE] : Used as a figure in facing
[CONVEX] : Used as an outer-perimeter figure in
contouring
[CONCAVE] : Used as an inner-perimeter figure in
contouring and emboss machining or a
figure in pocketing
[GROOVE] : Used as a figure in grooving
Y START POINT Y Y coordinate of the start point of an arbitrary figure
Z START POINT Z Z coordinate of the start point of an arbitrary figure
X BASE POSITION Position of the machining surface of an arbitrary figure
D HEIGHT/DEPTH Height or Depth from Base position to cutting surface
Remarks) This item is displayed in Contouring,
Pocketing, Grooving and Emboss
machining.
W GROOVE WIDTH Groove width (Positive value)
Remarks) This item is displayed in Grooving.