The control provides cycles for frequently used figures. You can program these figures as pockets, islands, or boundaries.
- These figure cycles offer the following benefits:
- You can conveniently program the figures and machining data without the need to program an individual path contour.
- Frequently needed figures can be reused.
- If you want to program an island or an open pocket, the control provides you with more cycles for defining the figure boundary.
- The Boundary figure type enables you to face-mill your figure.
With a figure, you can redefine the OCM contour data and cancel the definition of a previously defined Cycle 271 OCM CONTOUR DATA or of a figure boundary.
For defining figures, the control provides the following cycles:
- 1271 OCM RECTANGLE, see Cycle 1271 OCM RECTANGLE (option 167)
- 1272 OCM CIRCLE, see Cycle 1272 OCM CIRCLE (option 167)
- 1273 OCM SLOT / RIDGE, see Cycle 1273 OCM SLOT / RIDGE (option 167)
- 1278 OCM POLYGON, see Cycle 1278 OCM POLYGON (option 167)
For defining figure boundaries, the control provides the following cycles:
- 1281 OCM RECTANGLE BOUNDARY, see Cycle 1281 OCM RECTANGLE BOUNDARY (option 167)
- 1282 OCM CIRCLE BOUNDARY, see Cycle 1282 OCM CIRCLE BOUNDARY (option 167)