ACU-RITE MILLPWR Old Style - Manual (Page 80)

PROGRAM STEPS
MILLPWR
Operation Manual
Page 5-3
Blend
A blend is a circular fillet (connecting radius) which
connects two lines, two arcs, or a line and an arc. Just
give the
RADIUS of the blend, and MILLPWR will
calculate the exact tangent points for you.
The STEPS are filled in automatically; the FROM step is
the one before the blend, and the TO step is the one after
the blend. You can program the blend right after the
FROM step, before you have entered the TO step. Or,
you can enter the lines and arcs first, then go back and
insert the blend.
The two lines or arcs which are being blended do not
need to touch, or they can overlap. As long as the blend
radius will fit somewhere, it will work.
If you have a closed contour, like a triangle, and you want to blend the last line to the
first line, put a blend step immediately after the last step in the contour and, while in the
RADIUS field, press the CLOSE CONTOUR softkey. The TO step number will be set to
the first step in the contour.
BLEND 001
FEED RATE
10 IPM
RADIUS
STEPS
FROM
TO
BLEND
8
6
001 LINE 0,6 TO 8,6
002 BLEND R=2
003 LINE 8,7 TO 8,0
8
6
001 LINE 0,6 TO 8,6
002 BLEND R=2
003 LINE 8,2 TO 8,0
LINES 1 AND 3 TOUCH LINES 1 AND 3 OVERLAP LINES 1 AND 3 DO NOT TOUCH
LINE 1 LINE 1
LINE 3 LINE 3
8
6
001 LINE 0,6 TO 8,6
002 BLEND R=2
003 LINE 8,6 TO 8,0
LINE 1
LINE 3
001 LINE
002 BLEND 001 TO 003
003 LINE
004 BLEND 003 TO 005
005 LINE
001 LINE
002 BLEND 001 TO 003
003 LINE
004 BLEND 003 TO 005
005 LINE
006 BLEND 005 TO 001
LINE 5
LINE 1
LINE 3
LINE 5
LINE 3
LINE 1