ACU-RITE VUE READOUTS - Manual (Page 28)

14 I
I – 3 Milling Specific Oper
ations
I – 3 Milling Specific Operations
Key Functions Detailed
This section discusses operations, and soft key functions specific to
milling applications only.
Tool Hard Key
This hard key opens the tool table, and provides access to the Tool
form for entering a tool’s parameters (a soft key is used on a one axis
readout). The VUE can store up to 16 tools within the tool table.
Tool Table
The VUE tool table provides a convenient way to store diameter, and
length offset information for each of the tools commonly use.
The following soft keys are also available while in the Tool Table form,
or in the individual tool data form:
Function Soft key
This key allows the operator to select which
axis all the tool length offsets will affect. The
tool’s diameter values will subsequently be
used to offset the remaining two axes.
Press to automatically enter the tool offset
length. Only available in Tool Length field.
This will open the Tool Types form for
selection. Only available in TYPE field.