MOVEABS and MOVABSSEQ AN-273

MOVEABS and MOVABSSEQ AN-273

The MOVEABSSEQ and MOVESEQ commands allow a sequence of 2 to 6 axis movements to be loaded via TABLE values. The moves can be automatically blended together using a circular or spherical arcs.
The sequence of points is loaded as a sequence of MOVEABS moves with MSPHERICAL or MOVECIRC loaded for the 3 or 2 axis arcs.

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