Siemens SINUMERIK Series Operating Manual page 476

Programming technological functions (cycles)
10.2 Milling
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7. Press the "Variable" and "Date" softkeys if you want to engrave the cur‐
rent date.
The data is inserted in the European date format (<DD>.<MM>.<YYYY>).
To obtain a different date format, you must adapt the format specified in
the text field. For example, to engrave the date in the American date
format (month/day/year => 8/16/04), change the format to <M>/<D>/
<YY> .
7. Press the "Variable" and "Time" softkeys if you want to engrave the cur‐
rent time.
The time is inserted in the European format (<TIME24>).
To have the time in the American format, change the format to <TIME12>.
Example:
Text entry: Time: <TIME24> Execute: Time: 16.35
Time: <TIME12> Execute: Time: 04.35 PM
7. ● Press the "Variable" and "Workpiece count 000123" softkeys to
engrave a workpiece count with a fixed number of digits and leading
zeroes.
The format text <######,_$AC_ACTUAL_PARTS> is inserted and
you return to the engraving field with the softkey bar.
● Define the number of digits by adjusting the number of place holders
(#) in the engraving field.
If the specified number of positions (e.g. ##) is not sufficient to
represent the unit quantity, then the cycle automatically increases the
number of positions.
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7. ● Press the "Variable" and "Workpiece count 123" softkeys if you want
to engrave a workpiece count without lead zeroes.
The format text <#,_$AC_ACTUAL_PARTS> is inserted and you
return to the engraving field with the softkey bar.
● Define the number of digits by adjusting the number of place holders
in the engraving field.
If the specified number of digits is not enough to display the workpiece
count (e.g. 123), the cycle will automatically increase the number
digits.
7. ● Press the "Variable" and "Number 123.456" softkeys if you want to
engrave a any number in a certain format.
The format text <#.###,_VAR_NUM> is inserted and you return to the
engraving field with the softkey bar.
● The place holders #.### define the digit format in which the number
defined in _VAR_NUM will be engraved.
For example, if you have stored 12.35 in _VAR_NUM, you can format
the variable as follows.
Entry
<#,_VAR_NUM>
Release Meaning
12 Places before decimal point unfor‐
matted, no places after the decimal
point
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