1 selecting a quickview plane – Rockwell Automation 8520-MUM 9/Series CNC Mill Operation and Programming Manual Documentation Set User Manual
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This feature is used to select the plane that is used to program the different
QuickView features in. This will determine what plane is displayed for the
prompting and their axis names displayed for the prompts. It is not
possible to select any parallel planes with the QuickView feature, only
primary planes may be used.
The system installer determines the primary planes established by G17,
G18, and G19 in AMP. See chapter 13 for details on plane selection. To
set the plane to program in with the QuickView feature follow these steps:
1.
From the QuickView menu press the {PLANE SELECT} softkey.
QPATH+
PROMPT
GCODE
PROMPT
MILL
PROMPT
PLANE
SELECT
(softkey level 4)
The current plane selected is displayed. The right side of the screen will
list the primary and secondary axes for the plane. “AXIS 1” is the first
axis in the plane (primary axis), and “AXIS 2” is the second axis in the
plane (secondary axis).
2.
Change the plane by pressing the softkey that corresponds to the
plane desired to program in (G17, G18, or G19). Refer to
documentation prepared by the system installer for details on the
planes selected by these G--codes.
The display will change to show the selected plane.
SET
G17
G18
G19
(softkey level 5)
3.
If the plane displayed is the plane it is desired to program the
QuickView feature in press the {SET} softkey. All of the prompts for
the QuickView feature are changed to display the newly selected
plane.
Important: This does not select the current operating plane on the control,
it only modifies the plane being programmed in. To change the currently
active plane on the control, it is necessary to execute a program block
containing a G17, G18, or G19 block. This block is automatically
generated when necessary by the QuickView feature and inserted into the
program being edited so when this program is executed the correct planes
will be established.
5.3.1
Selecting a QuickView Plane