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34 QC5200 Series User’s Guide
Tools menu
The Tools menu provides access to tools for:
• Conducting tolerance measurements
• Controlling CNC functions
• Programming automated and semiautomatic measurements
• Configuring supervisor setup parameters for the QC5200 system
• Specifying a language for screen displays and file output
Tolerance menu items
The menu items available for performing
tolerance measurements change in support
of the feature selected in the Part View
window or active template.
Tolerance menu items are described in de-
tail in Chapter 6: Tolerancing.
CNC control functions
CNC functions control the stage position, joystick behavior and CNC
motors.
Goto
The Goto functions control the CNC stage. Clicking Goto Position
moves the CNC stage to a specified coordinate. Clicking Goto Click
or Goto Selected Feature moves the stage to a mouse location clicked
on the Part View window or to the center of a selected feature. The
Goto functions can be used anytime, but are typically used during a
programming session or during program execution. Detailed descrip-
tions of the Goto functions are contained in Chapter 8: Programming.
Tolerance menu for a line Tolerance menu for a circle
CNC
functions
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