F: which face to work
An F line selects the side of the panel that every move after it works on, until the next F line changes it. F1 is the top face, the one facing the spindle; F2 to F5 are the four edges. The value runs straight onto the command word, so the line is F2 and not F 2.
Syntax
F<n>VerifiedReproduced byte for byte from a machine-proven file.
Parameters
F | Which face of the panel the moves after it work on. 1 is the top face. | required |
How it is written to PGM
F becomes a record of 8 bytes: six of framing and a 16-bit face number. The reference programs use F1, F2 and F3, which is what fixed the numbering for those three.
Example
F2Notes
- Only the top face has been run on a machine. Working an edge converts with a warning.
- Changing the face ends the path being cut, in both the text and the compiled form.
- A face number the converter has no name for is refused rather than guessed at, because guessing would drill into the wrong edge.
Messages this command can produce
- A face the converter has no name forParse error
- Working a face other than the topUnverified
- Routing a face other than the topUnsupported
- Drilling a face this converter cannot writeUnsupported