Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Programming Manual page 401

Significance
ORIPATHS
A8= B8= C8=
X, Y, Z
Note
Programming direction vectors A8, B8, C8
If the length of this vector is exactly zero, no retracting movement is executed.
ORIPATHS
Tool orientation relative to the path is activated using ORIPATHS. The orientation is
otherwise transferred from the start orientation to the end orientation by means of linear
large-radius circular interpolation.
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Tool orientation relative to the path; blip in orientation characteristic is
smoothed
Vector components for direction and path length
Retracting movement in tool direction
Transformations
6.5 Orientations relative to the path
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