Acu-Rite CNC 3500i user manual Program Edit Screen, 101

Program Edit Screen

The program edit screen provides the name of the program in the upper Status Bar, and the program is displayed in numerical order in the main window. The conversational edit buttons are available in the bottom menu bar.

Selecting a button for the machine operation that is to be performed will open a list of various types of machining options available. Selecting the type of machining operation for a particular feature opens a dialogue, and a graphic to illustrate the data that is being entered.

The bottom menu bar, buttons, pop-up lists, dialogues, and graphics are explained in this chapter.

These operations are presented in a conversational format that allows the operator to enter data quickly, and without the need to enter data in a g-code format. Each of the machining operations are described in detail, see chapter "7.2 Canned Cycles on page 147”.

Use the scroll bars, and buttons to navigate. See "Programming Sliders" on page 14 for a full description of these.

1Program area

2Help button.

3Preview button.

4Horizontal scroll bar

5Bottom menu bar with programing buttons.

6Vertical scroll bar, page up/down, jump to beginning/end

7Preview display activated

8Preview display vertical menu bar buttons

9View display with rulers activated

10Preview display

6.1 Conversational Programming

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