====== Grouping Drill Ops ====== Setting a check for drill ops can be a long line and apparently may not always catch all instances if you don't set it right, so I got this solution from Don Boire in the post team to set up a global variable called "drilling" and use that instead. He also suggested using this method in other places like defining 5 axis motion, etc. Below are his instructions. >The handy thing about ''opcode$'' is capturing a group of operations rather than having to include many different ''tool_op$'' values in your if statement. To handle that with ''tool_op$'', see ''roughing'', ''finishing'', and ''drilling'' in our //2017 Siemens 3x Mill// post. (Download it form the Tech Exchange here: //Siemens 3x Mill Post_2017.zip//) > >The technique works like this: > >Define a variable and a list of ''tool_op$'' codes to include: #Define operations to include in the category Drilling drilling = ( tool_op$ = 2 | # Drill tool_op$ = 28 | # 5-axis drilling tool_op$ = 37 | # Non-associative drilling tool_op$ = 104 | # Solid drill control operation tool_op$ = 136 | # FBM drill control operation tool_op$ = 306 # Block drill ) >Then just use ''drilling'' as your condition: if not(drilling) & cycle832_active = no$, pcycle832 # Output CYCLE832