Rockwell Automation 8520-GUM 9/Series CNC Grinder Operation and Programming Manual Documentation Set User Manual

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Editing Programs On Line

Chapter 5

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The QuickView feature aids the programmer by giving access to:

QuickPath Plus Prompts -- a selection of commonly used sample
patterns representing a series of machining steps with prompts for the
necessary words to program it using QuickPath Plus. See page 12-11
for details on QuickPath Plus

G-code Prompting -- a selection of the more commonly used G codes
with prompts for the necessary words to program it

Grinder Prompting -- a selection of the more commonly used grinder
cycles with prompts for the necessary words to program it

Plane Select -- a selection of the planes in which the different
QuickView features are programmed

Important: Before accessing a QuickView screen any active graphics or
Quick Check graphics features must be disabled. If you attempt to access a
QuickView screen without first deactivating both graphics features, the
control issues the message MUST DISABLE RUN-TIME GRAPHICS.
The

{DISABL GRAPHS}

softkey becomes available, letting the operator

disable graphics from the current location in the softkey tree.

Use these steps to select the QuickView features:

Select a program for editing as covered on page 5-1.

From the edit menu, press the

{QuickView}

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)

The softkey functions change to those indicated below:

QPATH+

PROMPT

G CODE

PROMPT

GRINDR

PROMPT

PLANE

SELECT

(softkey level 4)