ACU-RITE MILLPWRG2 - Manual (Page 156)

138 8 Milling and Drilling
8.1 Milling and Dr
illing
Blend
 Highlight a step within your program where you want to place a
blend.
 From the PGM screen, press the BLEND key to access
the BLEND Dialogue.
 Select the blend type. A blend is tangent to the two steps. An
inverted blend is perpendicular to the two steps.
 Check that the steps listed in the FROM and TO fields are the steps
to be blended. If they're incorrect, press the CANCEL key and
highlight the appropriate step.
 Enter the blend's radius.
 Press the Close Contour soft key to blend the end of a contour with
the beginning. The step numbers in the TO and FROM fields will
automatically change.
 Press the USE key.
Chamfer
A Chamfer is done in the same way, but with less steps. In the SIZE
field enter the length of the chamfer.
A chamfer is a bevel or line that’s inserted between two lines to
relieve sharp angles or corners on a part. A chamfer can be inserted
between two intersecting lines whose steps are adjacent in the
program step.
A chamfer can also close a contour (e.g., a triangle) by inserting the
chamfer step immediately after the last step in the contour.
The blend step can be added prior to adding the
connecting line in the program step, or between two
connecting lines. When placed before the connecting line
is added, it will not be displayed until the connecting line is
placed in the program.
Confirm that Blend is selected in the soft key.