ACU-RITE CNC 3500i - Manual (Page 14)

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Tool Management
4.1 Tool Table
Tool Table / Tool Management .............................................................................. 60
Tool Compensation Required Data ........................................................................ 60
Tool numbers / Tool names ................................................................................... 61
Locating the Tool Table.......................................................................................... 61
Editing the tool table.............................................................................................. 62
Tool Table Menu Bar......................................................................................... 62
Second Menu Bar ............................................................................................. 63
Clearing an entire line of tool data .................................................................... 64
Clearing the current tool table .......................................................................... 64
Find ................................................................................................................... 65
Finding a tool using text.................................................................................... 65
Clear Feature .................................................................................................... 66
Teach, and Teach Program ............................................................................... 66
Tool Table Structure .............................................................................................. 67
Tool table: Standard tool data ........................................................................... 67
Feeds & Speeds Table........................................................................................... 68
Feeds & Speeds Overview ............................................................................... 68
Feeds & Speeds Table Structure ...................................................................... 68
Using the Feeds & Speeds Table ..................................................................... 70
Simulation Tool and Offset Tables ......................................................................... 71
4.2 Tool Data
T-Codes, and Tool Activation ................................................................................. 72
Activating Offsets via the Program ........................................................................ 72
Tool-Length Offsets............................................................................................... 73
Entering Tool Length Offsets in the Tool Table ................................................ 73
Diameter Offset in Tool Table................................................................................ 74
Tool Radius Compensation .................................................................................... 75
Contouring without radius compensation ......................................................... 75
Contouring with radius compensation .............................................................. 76
Radius compensation: Machining corners ........................................................ 77
Ramping into a Compensation Move ............................................................... 78
Line Tangent Entry Move ................................................................................. 78
Line Perpendicular Entry Move......................................................................... 78
Arc Tangent Entry Move ................................................................................... 79
Line Arc Tangent Entry Move ........................................................................... 79
Special Code: Temporary Change of Tool Diameter ......................................... 80