Manual
Table Of Contents
- Controls of the 3500i
- Manual Information
- Introduction
- Machining Fundamentals
- Manual Data Input
- Tool Management
- 4.1 Tool Table
- 4.2 Tool Data
- Program Management
- Conversational Editing
- Programming: Canned Cycles, sub-programs
- 7.1 Explaining Basic Cycles
- Round/Chamfer
- Rapid
- Line
- Arc
- Dwell:
- Plane Selection
- Reference Point Return:
- Fixture Offset (Work Coordinate System Select):
- Unit (Inch/MM)
- Dimension (Abs/Inc)
- Absolute Zero Set
- Block Form
- Temporary Path Tolerance
- System Data
- FeedRate
- FeedRate (4th-Axis)
- Spindle RPM
- M - Functions
- Tool Definition and Activation
- Repeat Blocks
- 7.2 Canned Cycles
- 7.3 Probing Cycles
- 7.4 Sub-programs
- 7.1 Explaining Basic Cycles
- Drawing Programs
- Running a Program on the Machine
- CAM: Programming
- 10.1 CAM Programming
- CAM Mode
- Recommended CAM Programming Sequence
- CAM Mode Mouse Operations
- CAM Mode Screen
- Activating CAM Mode
- Creating a New Program
- Tool Path Data Input
- Quick Coordinate Entry
- Job Setup: Basic tab
- Job Setup: Advanced tab
- Comment Tab
- Block Form: Basic tab
- Comment Tab
- Drilling Cycle:
- Drilling dialogue:
- Mill Cycle
- Pocket Cycle
- Pocket Finish Cycles
- Engraving Cycle
- Program Directive
- Modifying Toolbar
- Viewing Tools
- CAM Mode buttons
- CAM Setup
- Geometry
- DXF Import Feature
- Modifying Tools
- Shapes
- Tool Table
- Tool Paths
- CAM Example 1
- CAM Example 2
- 10.1 CAM Programming
- G-Code Edit, Help, & Advanced Features
- 11.1 G-Code Program Editing
- 11.2 G-Code and M-Code Definitions
- 11.3 Edit Help
- 11.4 Advanced Programming
- SPEED
- M - Functions
- Order of Execution
- Programming Non-modal Exact Stop:
- In-Position Mode (Exact Stop Check):
- Contouring Mode (Cutting Mode) :
- Setting Stroke Limit:
- Return from Reference Point:
- Move Reference from Machine Datum:
- Modifiers
- Block Separators
- Tool Offset Modification
- Expressions and Functions
- System Variables
- User Variables
- Variable Programming (Parametric Programming)
- Probe Move (G31)
- Conditional Statements
- Short Form Addressing
- Logical and Comparative Terms
- File Inclusion
- 11.5 Four Axis Programming
- Software Update
- Off-Line Software
208 7 Programming: Canned Cycles, sub-programs
7.3 Probing Cycles
Format: G151 T(tool#) D (tool rough diameter)
With T and D cycle parameter only set:
The machine rapids the Z-axis up, picks up the tool designated in the
T cycle parameter, and rapids directly over the center of the probe
stylus.
The Z-axis rapids down the distance placed in the
ZRapidToStartPositionFromHome machine setup parameter then
starts feeding down toward the probe for the initial touch at the
feedrate that was placed in the ZFirstPickFeedRate_Fast machine
setup parameter, then backs up.
The machine rapids over half the diameter of the cutter from the
probe stylus center in the direction related to the probeOrientation
machine setup parameter.
The spindle then comes on in reverse at the RPM specified in the
calibAndToolMeasurementRPM machine setup parameter and
retouches the probe twice, once at the feedrate that is in the
ZFirstPickFeedRate_Medium machine setup parameter and again at
the ZFirstPickFeedRate_Slow machine setup parameter.
ZFirstPickFeedRate_Medium machine setup parameter and again at
the ZFirstPickFeedRate_Slow machine setup parameter.
The tool-length register for that tool is now updated, and any value
in the length wear register is reset to zero.
Then the Z-axis rapids up to the home position.
If you have done a single tool in Manual, that tool is now measured
and you are ready to measure the next tool. If you have placed
multiple lines in a program, one for each tool, the machine then
grabs the next tool and repeats steps 1 through 6 until all the tools
have been measured.