Programming and Operating Manual (Milling)
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See the following illustration for polar radius and polar angle with definition of the positive direction in different planes:
Pole definition, programming
G110 Pole specification relative to the setpoint position last programmed (in the plane, e.g. with G17: X/Y)
G111
; Pole specification relative to the origin of the current workpiece coordinate system (in the plane, e.g. with
G17: X/Y)
G112 ; Pole specification, relative to the last valid pole; preserve plane
● Pole definitions can also be performed using polar coordinates. This makes sense if a pole already exists.
● If no pole is defined, the origin of the current workpiece coordinate system will act as the pole.
; Pole coordinates in the current workpiece coordinate system
; New pole, relative to the last pole as a polar coordinate
Traversing with polar coordinates
The positions programmed using polar coordinates can also be traversed as positions specified with Cartesian coordinates
as follows:
● G0 - linear interpolation with rapid traverse
● G1 - linear interpolation with feedrate
● G2 - circular interpolation CW
● G3 - circular interpolation CCW
(See also Sections "Linear interpolation (Page 69)" and "Circular interpolation (Page 72)".)