Chapter 6 Motion Function Blocks
(b) Circular interpolation of central point specifying method
In this method, operation starts at the current position, and it does circular interpolation to the target position along the
circular path, which has a radius of the distance to the specified central position. The Figure below shows that the
coordinate of the axis group at the beginning of a command corresponds to the current position, the coordinate entered
in AuxPoint corresponds to the central point, and the coordinate entered in EndPoint corresponds to the target point as
an absolute value.
(c) Circular interpolation using the radius specifying method
In this method, operation starts at the current position, and it does circular interpolation to the target position along the
circular path which has a radius of the value specified in the radius. The Figure below shows that the coordinate of the
axis group at the beginning of a command corresponds to the current position, the value entered in X-axis of AuxPoint
corresponds to the radius, and the coordinate entered in EndPoint corresponds to the target point in an absolute value.
(6) Refer to chapter 8.2.7 linear interpolation control part in motion controller’s manual for more details.
(7) The changed parameters can be applied by re-executing the function block (Execute input is On) before the command is
completed. Only Velocity, Acceleration, Deceleration, Jerk, AuxPoint, EndPoint input can be updated.
(8) Velocity input can be set to 0 or changed.