HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 (34049x-08) Cycle programming - Manual (Page 52)

52 Using fixed cycles
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2.1 Working with fixed cycles
General information
If you transfer NC programs from old TNC controls or
create NC programs externally (by using a CAM system or
an ASCI editor, for example), keep the following
conventions in mind:
 Fixed cycles and touch probe cycles with numbers
smaller than 200:
 In older iTNC software versions and older TNC
controls, text strings that could not always be
converted correctly by the current iTNC editor were
used in some conversational languages. Make sure
that cycle texts do not end with a period.
 Fixed cycles and touch probe cycles with numbers
greater than 200:
 Indicate the end of a line with the tilde character (~).
The last parameter in the cycle must not contain any
tilde character.
 Cycle names and cycle comments do not essentially
need to be indicated. The iTNC supplements the cycle
names and cycle comments in the selected
conversational language when the program is
transferred to the control.