ACU-RITE CNC 3500i - Manual (Page 140)

114 6 Conversational Editing
6.1 Con
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Restore edits to a program block:
Using the redo button to reverse edits made to a program and restore
the block(s) to its edited form.
 Touch the Redo button to redo one or more recent
actions taken in sequential reverse order.
 Continuing to touch the Redo button will continue to redo recent
actions taken in sequential reverse order.
Editing an existing block:
 Move the cursor to the desired block, and press enter or:
 Touch the block number (in the left margin).
See “Program Editing” on page 111.
Inserting program blocks using keypad hotkeys:
The hard keypad on the front of the control has keys that can be used
as "hotkeys" within the Conversational Editor. Pressing the key will
open the corresponding cycle form for quick access to inserting the
program block into the program at the current cursor location.
The following table outlines the correlation between the keys and
cycles.
Key Cycle
0 COMMENT (will toggle comment on/off at current
line)
1 RAPID
2 LINE
3 ARC
4 FEED
5 TOOL
6 MCODE
7 UNIT
8 DWELL
9 PLANE
. RPM
X MODAL XYZ (focus in X field)
Y MODAL XYZ (focus in Y field)
Z MODAL XYZ (focus in Z field)
U MODAL XYZU (focus in U field)