ACU-RITE VUE READOUTS - Manual (Page 36)

22 I
I – 3 Milling Specific Oper
ations
8 To preset the Z axis:
8 Press the Z axis key.
8 Press the ENTER key (use last entered preset).
8 Drill hole 2: Traverse Z axis until the display value is zero. The square
in the near zero warning is now centered between the two triangular
marks.
8 Retract the drill.
1/2 Hard Key
The 1/2 hard key is used to find the centerline (or midpoint) between
two locations along a selected axis of a workpiece. This can be
performed in either Actual Value, or Distance-To-Go mode.
Circle, and Linear Pattern
This section describes the hole pattern functions for Circle, and Linear
patterns.
Press the CIRCLE PATTERN, or LINEAR PATTERN hard key to access
the Pattern function then enter the required data. VUE then calculates
the positions of all the holes, and displays the pattern graphically on
the screen.
The View Graphic enables verification of the hole pattern before any
machining starts. It is also useful when: selecting holes directly,
executing holes separately, and skipping holes.
Functions for milling pattern soft keys
This feature will change datum locations when in Actual
Value mode.
Function Soft key
Press the VIEW soft key to see the layout of
the current pattern.
Press to go to previous hole.
Press to manually advance to the next hole.
Press to use the current absolute position.
Press to end drilling.