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Milling Section 5
Unit
Machining
plane
Selection of the machining plane
G17 (X/Y)
G18 (Z/X)
G19 (Y/Z)
Type of ma-
chining
(Circular
pocket)
Plane-by-plane
Clearing a circular pocket plane-by-plane
Helical
Clearing a circular pocket helically
Machining
face
(Planar mill-
ing)
Front Y
Mantle Y
Machining
face
(Rectangular
/circ. spigot)
Thread mill-
ing)
Front C
Front Y
Mantle Y
Machining
face
(Rectangular
pocket)
(Longitudinal
/circular slot)
(Open slot)
(Circ. spigot)
(Engraving)
(Path milling)
Front C
Front Y
Mantle C
Mantle Y
Machining
direction
(Thread mill-
ing)
Z0 → Z1
Machining from top to bottom
Z1 → Z0
Machining from bottom to top