Lenze PLC Designer PLC-Designer (R2-x) SoftMotion - Manual (Page 78)

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CNC editor
CNC graphic editor
4.4 CNC graphic editor
The graphic editor is located in the lower right-hand pane of the CNC Program List window.
As well as visualising the CNC program created in the text editor, the graphic editor also
provides a means of modifying the program using the mouse. Any changes made will be
updated automatically and immediately in the program text in the upper window pane.
Display
A coordinate system is displayed. There are pitch lines marking the intervals on the
coordinate axes and a light grey grid can also shown/hidden using the ExtrasShow grid
command.
Press and hold down the left mouse button to move the CNC program view as required on
the screen. Use the mouse wheel and the key to enlarge the zoom factor.
Positioning objects (G00) are displayed in green and all other elements in blue. The current
object identified by the cursor being located on the corresponding code line in the CNC text
editor
( 77)
is displayed in red.
For spline segments (G05) the convex mantle of the cubic polynomials is displayed in light
grey.
(For this see also the SoftMotion programming examples
( 267)
).
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Note!
A switching point position can only be inserted in the CNC text editor
( 77)
!
They are displayed in the graphic editor as green dots on the curve.