Introduction

Notice

Cycles are additional options and subject to the purchase of a license.

Task

Calculation cycles are used to execute complex calculations that require the user to have a lot of technical knowledge and carry out extensive programming work.

The following calculation cycles are currently available:

• Calculation of the diameter and centre point of a 2-dimensional circle consisting of min. 3 sampling points
• Calculation of the diameter and centre point of a sphere consisting of min. 4 sampling points
• Calculation of a plane consisting of min. 3 sampling points
• Calculation of a circle in 3D space consisting of min. 3 sampling points
• Calculation of a straight line in 3D space consisting of min. 2 sampling points

The calculation cycles use the “method of least squares” to calculate the most probable result from a specific number of sampling points.

Programming and parameterisation

The programming and parameterisation of cycles is described in each of the overviews in the main chapter.

Handling output variables

If the V.CYC output variable is created in the main program (or in the subroutine calling the cycle), the value is written within the cycle and is available in the main program after the calculation.

The calculation cycles described below include programming examples that can be used to understand how to interpret the output variables.