Acu-Rite CNC 3500i user manual Circle Tool buttons, Circle Editing

10.1 CAM Programming

Circle Tool buttons

Touching the Circle Tool button activates the following buttons in the Vertical button bar.

Button Function

Select Circle Radius to create a circle using a center and radius.

Select Circle Tangent to create a circle tangent to any combination of circle and line and having a specific radius.

Select Circle Tangent Point to create a circle going through a point, tangent to a line and having a specific radius.

Select Circle Tangent Center Point to create a circle tangent to a line and having a specific center.

Circle Editing

Existing parameters can easily be edited.

To edit an arc, or circle:

 Select the Properties button.

Select the parameter to be edited. The Circle/Arc properties dialogue opens.

Edit the parameters to be changed.

Select the Use button to save the changes and close the Circle/Arc properties dialogue, or Cancel to quit without saving.

The first two steps can also be achieved by right clicking on the geometry to be edited, and selecting Properties from the pop-up dialogue.

Values that cannot be edited are in gray. This indicates that the value is interdependent with the values that can be edited.

When the Full Circle box is checked, the arc becomes a full circle, and can now be edited with new parameters.

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