Acu-Rite CNC 3500i user manual Index, 441

A

Absolute work piece positions 31 Accessories

3-D touch probes 23 HR hand wheel 24

TT140 touch probe 24

Address Words 369 Advanced Programming

Block Separators 387 Contouring 385 Exact Stop 385 Expressions 391

Macro Body Structure 408 Modifiers 387

Move Reference 386 Speed 382

Stroke Limit 386 System Variables 395

Tool Offset Modification 388 User Variables 396

B

Basic Cycles

Arcs 128

Dwell 133

Fixture Offset 136

Plane Selection 134

Reference Point Return 135

C CAM

Block Form 293

CAM Mode 276

Circle Tools buttons 284 Creating the tool path 335, 344 Drill Cycle 294

Drilling Cycles 294 DXF Import 319 Engraving Cycles 305 Geometry 314 Geometry buttons 280 Job Setup 289

Line Tools buttons 282 Mill Cycles 299 Pocket Cycles 301 Point Editing 281 Point Tools buttons 281 Shape Tool buttons 285 Tool Path buttons 286 Tool Paths 326

Tool Table 323 Canned Cycles

Boring 151

Boring Unidirectional 151

Bottom Finish 191 Chip Break 152 Circular Pocket 174 Circular Profile 165 Draft Angle Pocket 170 EndMill Cycle 158 Face Mill Cycle 159 Flat Bottom Boring 153 Frame Pocket 180 ilands 190

Irregular Pocket 188 Mill Cycle 156 Peck Drill 149

Plunge Circular Pocket 178 Plunge Rectangular Pocket 176 Pocket 169

Rectangular Pocket 172

Rectangular Profile 167 Slot 184

Tapping 150 Thread Mill 162

Console

Key Pad 19 Conversational Programming

Data Input Cycles 103 Direct 100

Drill Features Button 106 Edit Screen 101 Editing 109

Editor Buttons 102 From Draw 100 Getting Started 100 Milling Feature Buttons 104 More Milling Button 105 Other Cycles Button 108 Pocket Cycles Button 107 Program / Display Relation 116 Program Edit Preview 114 Text Editing 113

Creating a New Part Program 97

D

Datum setting 32

Diameter Offset in Tool Table 74 Draw

Simulation Mode 255 Starting 255

View soft keys 256 Viewing Programs 254

Drawing View 259

E

Electronic Edge Finder 24 Emergency Stop (E-STOP) 4

Engraving

Engrave Cycle 193

Programming 193

Entering Tool Length Offsets 73

F

Feedrate

Adjusting 35

Fixture Offsets 32

Four Axis Programming

Four Axis Programming

430

Linear 430

Rotary 430

Rotary Axis Programming 431

Fundamentals of Positioning 26

G

G-code Listing 364

G-code MDI 48

H

Hard Keys

Axis iv

Axis Jog v, 272

Data Entry iv

Navigation v

Numerical iv

Power control iv

Visual display unit iv

History 47

I

Incremental work piece positions 31

J

Jog

Continuous Moves 34

Incremental Moves 34

Mode 34

Moves 34

K

Key Board Popup iv

Keyboard Equivalents vi

M

Manual Data Input screen

Absolute 39 Active tool 39 Inch or MM 39 Incremental 39 Rapid or Feed 39

tool diameter compensation 39

Index

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