Siemens SINUMERIK Series Operating Manual page 661

● Circle with known radius
● Helix
● Straight line with polar coordinates
● Circle with polar coordinates
If you want to program a straight line or a circle using polar coordinates, you must define the
pole first.
If you use a straight or circular path movement to move the tool into the retraction zone
specified in the program header, you must also move the tool out again. Otherwise a collision
could occur as a result of the traversing movements in a subsequently programmed cycle.
Before you can program a straight line or circle, you have to select the tool, spindle speed and
machining plane.
If you program a sequence of different straight or circular path movements, the settings for the
tool and spindle speed remain active until you change these again.
Procedure
Milling
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CAUTION
1. The ShopMill program to be edited has been created and you are in the
editor.
2. Press the menu forward key and the "Straight Circle" softkey.
3. Press the "Tool" softkey.
The parameter screen "Tool" is opened.
4. Enter a tool in parameter field "T".
- OR -
Press the "Select tool" softkey.
The "Tool selection" window is opened.
Position the cursor on the tool that you wish to use for machining and
press the "To program" softkey.
The tool is copied into the "T" parameter field.
- OR -
Press the "Tool list" and "New tool" softkeys.
Using the softkeys on the vertical softkey bar, select the required tool and
press the "To program" softkey.
The tool is copied into the "T" parameter field.
Programming technological functions (cycles)
10.7 Additional cycles and functions in ShopMill
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