Rockwell Automation 8520 9/Series CNC Lathe User Manual

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Editing Programs On Line

Chapter 5

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From the edit menu, press the

{DIGITIZE}

softkey.

DIGITZ

MODIFY

INSERT

BLOCK

DELETE

BLOCK

TRUNC

DELETE

CH/WRD

EXIT

EDITOR

STRING

RENUM

PRGRAM

MERGE

PRGRAM

QUICK

VIEW

CHAR/

WORD

(softkey level 3)

Use the following methods to position the cutting tool. The cutting

tool should be located at the desired start-point of the new program.

Jog the Axes in manual mode.
Automatically move the axes by executing a part program or MDI
program.

Manually move the axes using any means, as long as the encoder
is still actively recording the tool position (see documentation

prepared by your system installer).

Press the

{MODE SELECT}

softkey, if you must change any of the

following programming modes while digitizing a program:

LINEAR CIRCLE

3 PNT

CIRCLE

TANGNT

MODE

SELECT

(softkey level 4)

Inch/metric
Absolute programming/incremental programming
Change planes G17, G18, or G19
Radius programming/Diameter programming

Press any of the softkeys corresponding to the mode you want to

change. The control displays the mode that the next block will be

programmed in, up in the right-hand corner of the screen. The modes

are abbreviated as described in Table 6.A:

(softkey level 5)

INCH/

METRIC INCR

SELECT RADIUS

ABS/

PLANE

DIA/