Rockwell Automation 8520 9/Series CNC Lathe - Manual (Page 123)

Editing Programs On Line
Chapter 5
5-17
How to Select QuickView Features
Use these steps to select the QuickView features:
1.
Select a program for editing as described on page 5-2 .
2. From the edit menu, press the
{QUICK VIEW}
softkey.
The softkey functions change to those indicated below:
QPATH+
PROMPT
GCODE
PROMPT
DRILL
PROMPT
LATHE
PROMPT
PLANE
SELECT
(softkey level 4)
Important: If your system is a dual-process lathe, you must select the
process to be prompted by QuickView. Refer to page 30-4 for details on
selecting this QuickView process.
Axis Selection
The selection of the axes that can be programmed using QuickView is
determined by the type of QuickView prompt you are using. The two
factors the control uses to determine the axes for QuickView are based on
if the QuickView prompt is for a planar G--code or a non-planar G code.
Planar G--codes -- Planar G codes are any feature that is plane dependant (such as
G02, G41, Cycles, etc...). The first two axes are selected with the
{PLANE SELECT} QuickView softkey discussed on page 5-27. The third axis
displayed is the axis not in the current plane but in both of the other planes
defined. For example if G17=XY, G18=ZX , G19=YZ and G18 is selected as the
QuickView plane than Y would be the third axis since it is in both G17 and G19
planes but not in the G18 plane. If there is no common axis between these two
planes then the next axis defined in the process that is not already in the
QuickView plane is used.
Non-Planar G--codes - Non-planar G codes are any feature that is not plane
dependant (such as G01, G04, G92, etc...). The axes used for QuickView
prompts for these features are independent of the QuickView plane you have
selected. The control uses the first three axes configured in the current process.
Important: Two digit axis names are not compatible with the QuickView
feature (typically only used on systems with more than 9 axes and consist
of a dollar sign “$” followed by a letter). When an attempt is made to
display one of these axis names on a QuickView prompt, the axis name is
displayed as a $ only. QuickView can not be used to create part program
blocks with $ axis names.
On QuickView screens that display more axis then currently configured in
the system (as configured in AMP), the graphics and prompts will display
asterisks for the un-available axes names. No data can be entered on these
prompts where the asterisks is present.