NUM 1020 - Redefining a Profile According to the Tool Relief Angle

Creating and Managing Symbolic Variable Tables
en-938872/2 4 - 15
4
4.2.4 Redefining a Profile According to the Tool Relief Angle
CUT Elimination of the grooves or parts of groove located inside the tool
relief angle.
The CUT function applies to grooves located in the path of a plane profile created in
a table by the P.BUILD function or a table with the same format, i.e. [Pa(7,Nb)].
After execution of the CUT function, the new profile is contained in the same table and
the variable specifying the number of blocks is updated.
Syntax
CUT
*
[Pa(7,Nb)] / Angle
CUT Eliminates the grooves or parts of grooves located
within the tool relief angle.
*
When the character
*
precedes the table name, all the
grooves located within the tool relief angle are
processed.
When the character
*
is missing in front the table name,
only the first groove located within the tool relief angle is
processed.
Pa Table name.
7 Number of table entries.
Nb Name of the variable containing the number of blocks in
table Pa.
Angle Angle Relief angle in degrees.
Note
The CUT function must be the first word in the block (no sequence number).