Rockwell Automation 8520-MUM 9/Series CNC Mill Operation and Programming Manual Documentation Set - Manual (Page 135)

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Chapter 5
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Angle of a line, corner radius, and chamfer size is often necessary for a
sample pattern in QuickPath Plus prompting. The following prompts in
QuickPath Plus prompting refer to the following drawing dimensions:
,A ..... Angle
,R ..... Corner radius
,C ..... Chamfer size
L ..... Length of line
For more information regarding these designations see chapter 15 on
programming QuickPath Plus or chapter 16 on programming chamfers and
corner radius.
The system installer may select a different address for angle ,A in AMP if
desired, refer to system installers documentation.
Axis words followed by a (1), (2), or (3) are prompting for the first,
second, or third coordinate position respectively. The location of the first,
second, or third axis word is shown on the drawing accompanying the
prompt screen.
Prompts that are shown in reverse video indicate that this parameter is
optional and need not be entered in this block. Prompts that are shown
with an OR to the left of the prompt indicate that there are two or more
optional parameters for this prompt, only one of them must have a value
assigned to it.
Follow these steps to use the QuickPath Plus QuickView feature.
1. From the QuickView menu, press the {QPATH+ PROMPT} softkey.
QPATH+
PROMPT
GCODE
PROMPT
MILL
PROMPT
PLANE
SELECT
(softkey level 4)
2. Select a sample pattern matching the part geometry to be
programmed from the previous list of sample patterns and press the
corresponding softkey.
To change the QuickPath Plus softkey menu, press the continue
softkey {
•
}.