Acu-Rite CNC 3500i user manual Drilling dialogue, Basic tab

10.1 CAM Programming

Drilling dialogue:

The Drilling dialogue has (5) tabs available for inputting information for the desired drilling requirement: Basic, Setup, Bolt Hole, Pattern, and Comment.

Note: Tab dialogues may be divided into more than one section as shown on the “Drilling” Basic tab dialogue. The upper section is the minimal input, and requires each field to be filled in. The lower section(s) field inputs are for additional (or if applicable information).

Basic tab

Drill Cycle: There are (6) drill cycle options available: Basic, counter bore, Peck, Tapping, Boring Bidirectional, Boring Unidirectional, Chip Break, and Flat Bottom Boring. See "Drilling Cycle:" on page 294.

Drill Location: There are (3) drill location options available: Bolt Hole, Pattern, and Shape. Bolt Hole, and Pattern tabs must have the appropriate data filled in to use them in the Drill Location selection.

Start Height: The initial Z start height will be entered here.

Z Depth: The absolute hole depth is entered here.

Return Height: The return height required is entered here.

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