ACU-RITE MILLPWRG2 - Manual (Page 15)

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6.1 Conversational Programming
Programming Considerations ................................................................................ 72
“From” and “To” points ................................................................................... 72
Depth of Cut ..................................................................................................... 72
Pass .................................................................................................................. 72
Tool Offset ........................................................................................................ 73
Datum Selection ............................................................................................... 73
Absolute vs. Incremental Dimensions .............................................................. 74
Continuous Milling ............................................................................................ 74
Fundamentals for Creating a Program ................................................................... 75
Entering milling steps ....................................................................................... 75
Adding/Inserting milling steps........................................................................... 76
Editing or Deleting a milling step ...................................................................... 76
Program Errors.................................................................................................. 77
Program Edited ................................................................................................. 77
Running a Program ................................................................................................ 78
Skewing a Part .................................................................................................. 78
Establishing a Datum ............................................................................................. 80
Overview........................................................................................................... 80
Steps to Establish the datum............................................................................ 81
X Axis Datum: ................................................................................................... 82
Y Axis Datum .................................................................................................... 82
Z Axis Datum .................................................................................................... 82
Retract Z ........................................................................................................... 83
Using an electronic edge finder ........................................................................ 83
Setting the datum on an edge .......................................................................... 84
Setting the datum at the centerline .................................................................. 85
Setting the datum at the center of a circle ....................................................... 85
Test the Datum Setting..................................................................................... 86
Testing a MILLPWR
G2
Program ....................................................................... 87
Single Step........................................................................................................ 88
Dry Run ............................................................................................................. 88
Graphics Only.................................................................................................... 88
Machining Your Part .............................................................................................. 89
Potentiometer for Feedrate Override .................................................................... 90
Manually Positioning the Quill .............................................................................. 91
6.2 Folders
Folder Functions .................................................................................................... 92
Folders .............................................................................................................. 92
Creating a Folder............................................................................................... 92
Naming a new folder......................................................................................... 93
Deleting a Folder............................................................................................... 93
Saving a Program .............................................................................................. 93
Naming a Program ............................................................................................ 94
Deleting a Program ........................................................................................... 94