Instruction Manual

76 6 Programming
6.1 Conversational Programming
Adding/Inserting milling steps
 A new program step number automatically appears following the
last step entered, and the new step is highlighted.
 If the cursor was moved for any reason, use the arrow keys to
highlight the new step, then select the milling function to be added.
 To insert a step between two existing steps, position the cursor to
the step below where the new step is to be placed.
 Press the desired milling function key, and it will be inserted above
the highlighted program step.
Additional milling functions are available by pressing the Program
Steps soft key. The soft keys change, displaying several Milling
function soft keys. Each soft key when selected will have a popup
menu for further selection to refine the type of milling operation to be
entered. For example, the Circle soft key will display choices for the
type of circle to be milled; a Pocket, Frame, Ring, or a Helix.
Editing or Deleting a milling step
To edit a program step, use the arrow keys to highlight the step to be
changed and press the USE or ENTER key, or just enter a step number
using the numeric keypad.
A Goto program line number popup dialogue is immediately
displayed. The total number of lines in the program are shown in the
Line Count: field.
 Enter the desired line number and press ENTER.
 Press ENTER or USE again to to edit the program step.
 After making the appropriate changes, press the USE key to accept
the changes and place the step back into the program. Or press
CANCEL to discard any changes to the step.
 To delete a step, highlight the step to be deleted, then press the
CLEAR key.
VIEW key
 If you need to see the machined part in more or less
graphic detail, press the VIEW key. This enables you to
access the viewing soft keys that are available. See
"View hard key" on page 62 for a complete description
of these soft keys.