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
214 7 Programming: Canned Cycles, sub-programs
7.3 Probing Cycles
You must:
Load the tool in the spindle and call up that tools offset.
Know the distance from the top of the probe stylus down you have
to move so that the largest part of the tool diameter is even with the
side of the probe stylus for diameter measurement. That value is
placed in E if different from the default 0.1" (2.54 mm).
Position the tool over the probe stylus so that the tooth that sticks
down the furthest is directly over the center of the probe stylus and
above the stylus less than 0.200 (5.08 mm).
To measure the tool diameter:
Jog the tool to the top of the probe stylus so that the tooth that
sticks down the furthest is directly over the center of the probe
stylus.
Field Code Description
OvrSlw
Feed
S This is the override for the slow feedrate
that was set in the machine setup
parameter ZFirstPickFeedRate_Slow. This
is used for the same reason as the M cycle
parameter. This can only be set slower.
Trying to set this higher will result in the
software using the original feedrate.
(Optional)
OvrRPM R This is the override for the RPM that was
set in the machine setup parameter
calibAndToolMeasurementRPM. This is
used for the same reason as the M cycle
parameter. This can only be set slower.
Trying to set this higher will result in the
software using the original RPM. (Optional)
Large tools can result in probe damage if the feedrate is
set too fast. For this reason, the cycle parameters: M, S,
and R have been added to enable the programmer/
operator to override the values in the machine setup
parameters for the specific tool being checked or set.