# Programmatically set commanded axis in user program

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**Created:** [January 8, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.deltamotion.com/t/programmatically-set-commanded-axis-in-user-program/79 "2010-01-08T18:48:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.deltamotion.com/t/programmatically-set-commanded-axis-in-user-program/79/1 "2010-01-08T18:48:44Z")

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In a user program, you can programmatically set the commanded axis. For a command in a user program, the Commanded Axes has an option called Default Axis. The \_CurAxis tag defines the Default Axis for the task on which the user program is running. Therefore, you can use a variable to set the Default Axis.

For example:

 ![step.png](https://forum.deltamotion.com/uploads/default/original/1X/8eb34793b9a1a9d4216b920e3ae38182147bcd09.png)

Notice that \_CurAxis is a DINT.