Fagor 8055 EN, Programming Manual

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CREATING A PROGRAM
A CNC program consists of a series of blocks or instructions. These blocks or instructions are made
of words composed of capital letters and numerical format.
The CNC’s numerical format consists of :
• The signs . (decimal points, + (plus), - (minus).
• Digits 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.
Programming allows spaces between letters, numbers and symbols, in addition to ignoring the
numerical format if it has zero value, or a symbol if it is positive.
The numeric format of a word may be replaced by an arithmetic parameter when programming. Later
on, during execution, the CNC will replace the arithmetic parameter by its value. For example, if XP3
has been programmed, during execution the CNC will replace P3 by its numerical value, obtaining
results such as X20, X20.567, X-0.003, etc.