Delta — 4.8.3.5 G2: Clockwise Circular/ Helical Interpolation

4. Motion Control Instructions  Both of E and F can be omitted. If there is only one row of code in the CNC programming area and E,F are omitted, the velocity, acceleration, deceleration are decided by the parameters of X axis, i.e. “maximum velocity”, “maximum acceleration”, “maximum deceleration” in the parameters of X axis. If there are multiple rows of codes and E and F in G2 code are omitted, the velocity, acceleration, deceleration of the cutter are based on E and F in the previous rows of codes before the row where G2 is.

If the previous rows of G codes have not specified E and F, “maximum velocity”, “maximum acceleration”, “maximum deceleration” in the parameters of X axis will be taken as reference.  In absolute mode for G90, the terminal point of circular arc is the absolute coordinate value regarding 0 unit in their own directions as reference. In relative mode for G91, the terminal point of circular arc is the incremental value of the start point of circular arc.

 No matter whether in the absolute mode or in relative mode, the coordinates of the center of a circle I_J_(I_K_/J_K_) are always the relative coordinates with the start point as reference  T is the quantity of the full circle; the path is the length of arc when T=0; the path is the corresponding full circles plus the arc length when T is a constant.  The difference between Format 2 and format 1 is that format 2 decides a segment of circular arc via the start point, terminal point and radius.

If the input value to the right of R parameter is positive number (R+), the circular arc is the minor arc less than 180 degrees; if the input value to the right of R parameter is negative number (R-), the circular arc is the major arc more than 180 degrees. The following full lines are the motion path when G2 selects R+ and R- and the arrows on the arc refer to the motion direction. Terminal point The coordinate relations on different planes:

Clockwise motion Y Z Z Start point Start point Start point I I J Terminal point Terminal point Terminal point J K K Center of a circle Center of a circle Center of a circle R O O O X X Y a) plane circular arc XY a) XZ plane circular arc a) YZ plane circular arc Please note the relations between the coordinate planes and I, J, K. Only two of I, J and K exist in one circular arc instruction. Which two exist depends on the corresponding plane, e.g. on XY plane, only I and J show. The coordinate plane can be set by G17, G18 and G19. The circular and helical motion paths for G2 on different coordinate planes are shown as below. DVP-MC operating manual 4-195 R- Start point R+