Rockwell Automation 8520 9/PC CNC Tool Path Graphics Programming Manual - Manual (Page 5)

9/PC CNC Tool Path Graphics Programming Manual 5
Publication 8520-PM097A-EN-P - September 2001
Currently, 9/ PC only permits you to run a single copy of the Tool Path Graphics utility
on your PC. Attempting to launch more than one copy of this program during a 9/PC
session causes the following error to appear:
Tool Path Graphics Part Program Verification Basics
In this release, Tool Path Graphics is the available method of plotting tool paths. Use Tool
Path Graphics to plot the actual tool path on the screen while jogging axes or while executing
a part program. In the latter case, the actual tool path will also be plotted in the axis inhibit
and dry run modes. This feature is optional and you do not need to use it to run a program.
Once you set the sample rate (refer to Tool Path Graphic Softkeys in this manual) to determine
how often the CNC retrieves the axis position, the CNC is able to provide the tool path with
the points generated by the part program. These points are temporarily stored in an internal
buffer and displayed on the screen for you to check the profile using visualization features
such as ZOOM and DIMENSION. The size of the internal buffer is 16384 points.