Operations DME 11 Chapter

Use the DME menu to make graphics display settings. You can make separate settings for separate channels. To select a target DME channel, use the device control block.

Displaying graphics

Use the following procedure.

1 In the menu control block, select the top menu selection button [DME].

The DME menu appears.

2 Select VF6 ‘Input/Output’ and HF4 ‘Graphic.’

The Graphic menu appears.

3 Turn the [Graphic] button on.

The system enters graphics display mode, enabling graphics to be displayed in the monitor screen.

4 Turn on the buttons of the graphics you want to show.

To show axes: Turn [Axis] on.

To show axis names: Turn [Axis Name] on.

To show the channel ID: Turn [Ch ID] on.

To show a wire frame: Turn [Wire Frame] on.

To show the grid: Turn [Grid] on.

The selected graphics appear in the monitor screen.

5 If you want to shrink the graphics display to show the range not displayed

on a normal monitor, turn the [Scale] button on and set the following parameters.

Knob

Parameter

Adjustment

Setting values

 

 

 

 

1

Scale

Degree to which the graphics

0.00 to 100.00

 

 

display is shrunk

 

 

 

 

 

As the value of the setting grows, the monitor shrinks further toward the center point.

20 Three-Dimensional Transformation Operations