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10.04
Sub-
routine
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SINUMERIK 840D/840Di/810D Operation/Programming ShopMill (BAS) – 10.04 Edition
How to create a ShopMill or G code program that you can call as
a subroutine in another program.
Place the cursor in the machining plan of the main program on the
program block after which the subroutine call is to be inserted.
Press the "Misc." and "Subroutine" softkeys.
Enter the path of the subroutine if the desired subroutine is not
stored in the same directory as the main program.
Directory
ShopMill
Separate directory XYZ
Part programs
Subprograms
Enter the name of the subroutine that you want to insert.
You only need to enter the file extension (*.mpf or *.spf) if the
subroutine does not have the file extension specified for the
directory in which the subroutine is stored.
Directory
ShopMill
Separate directory XYZ
Part programs
Subprograms
The subroutine is thus executed in the position pattern.
Press the "Accept" softkey.
The subroutine call is inserted in the main program.
Programming with ShopMill
3.10 Miscellaneous functions
Path to enter
ShopMill
XYZ
MPF
SPF
Specified file extension
*.mpf
*.mpf
*.mpf
*.spf
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