Status line

The first line of the type file is the status line. The status line specifies how many U, V, X and Y variables (axis variables) are defined in the type file in sections #as1, #as2, #as3, and #as4. These sections define the bracket contour points, relative to the coordinate systems for the construction parts to which the bracket is related.

• Section #as1 defines the contour points for the first related part (U variables).

• Section #as2 defines the contour points for the second related part (V variables).

• Section #as3 defines the contour points for the third related part (X variables).

• Section #as4 defines the contour points for the fourth related part (Y variables).

A bracket is related to at least two and at most four parts. This means that the sections #as1 and #as2 (U and V variables) must always be present. The #as3 and #as4 (X and Y variables) are only required if a particular bracket is related to a third and/or a fourth part.

Status line contents

If the bracket is related to only two parts, only the number of U and V variables is specified in the status line.

• The following status line specifies that eight U variables are defined in the #as1 section and four V variables in the #as2 section:

  8 4

  There must always be at least one U variable and one V variable.

If the bracket is related to three or four parts, the status line must contain 3 or 4 numbers.

• If X variables are defined (in the #as3 section), the status line contains three numbers. For example:

  4 5 2

• If Y variables are defined (in the #as4 section), the status line contains four numbers. For example:

  4 5 0 6

  Note that if Y variables are defined, also the number of X variables must be specified in the status line even if no X variables are defined (i.e. the number of X variables is zero). This is the case in the example above.