Rockwell Automation 8520 9/Series CNC Lathe - Manual (Page 135)

Editing Programs On Line
Chapter 5
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2. From the edit menu, press the
{DIGITIZE}
softkey.
DIGITZ
E
MODIFY
INSERT
BLOCK
DELETE
BLOCK
TRUNC
DELETE
CH/WRD
EXIT
EDITOR
STRING
SEARCH
RENUM
PRGRAM
MERGE
PRGRAM
QUICK
VIEW
CHAR/
WORD
(softkey level 3)
3. Use the following methods to position the cutting tool. The cutting
tool should be located at the desired start-point of the new program.
Jog the Axes in manual mode.
Automatically move the axes by executing a part program or MDI
program.
Manually move the axes using any means, as long as the encoder
is still actively recording the tool position (see documentation
prepared by your system installer).
4. Press the
{MODE SELECT}
softkey, if you must change any of the
following programming modes while digitizing a program:
LINEAR CIRCLE
3 PNT
CIRCLE
TANGNT
MODE
SELECT
(softkey level 4)
Inch/metric
Absolute programming/incremental programming
Change planes G17, G18, or G19
Radius programming/Diameter programming
5. Press any of the softkeys corresponding to the mode you want to
change. The control displays the mode that the next block will be
programmed in, up in the right-hand corner of the screen. The modes
are abbreviated as described in Table 6.A:
(softkey level 5)
INCH/
METRIC INCR SELECT RADIUS
ABS/ PLANE DIA/