Acu-Rite CNC 3500i user manual Inside/Outside Boss/Hole Finding, 225

Inside/Outside Boss/Hole Finding

Calibrate the work probe at least once before trying to use this cycle.

A preliminary tool-length offset must be set by eye for the work probe. The tool offset, and work coordinate must be active before using this cycle in a program. See Section 4, "Tool-Length Offsets" on page 73.

The Inside/Outside Boss/Hole Finding Cycle can be run from within a program or from the Manual Data Input Mode.

Field	Code	Description
Side	Q	Inside or Outside.
		0 = Inside Hole 1 = Outside Boss
		(Required)
Length	X	Estimated length of boss/hole if rectangular
		or the Diameter if round.
		(Required)
Width	Y	Estimated width of boss/hole. Y is only
		specified if boss or hole is rectangular in
		shape.
		(Optional)
Top	H	If set to 1, the cycle finds the top of the part
		before finding center of hole or boss. If Q
		parameter is set to 1, H is forced to 1 as
		well; otherwise, the Default is: 0.
		(Optional)
DistDown	E	The distance to go down from the top of
		part to find X & Y coordinate of the center.
		This is only used if H parameter is set to 1.
		Without any E value, the cycle brings the
		probe stylus center down past the top of
		the part after finding the top, 0.1" (2.54
		mm).
		(Optional)
DistBack	V	Specifies the distance away from the edge
		for the probe to fast feed to before trying to
		find it. Default is: 0.1"
		(2.54 mm) if not set.
		(Optional)
DistInX	A	The distance from the starting point to
		move in the X-axis to find the top of the
		part. The default, if Q is not set or set to 0,
		is 0.1" beyond the edge of the boss/hole. If
		Q is set to 1, the default is the current probe
		position.
		(Optional)

7.3 Probing Cycles

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