Manual

286 10 CAM: Programming
10.1 CAM Programming
Circle Tool buttons
 Touching the Circle Tool button activates the
following buttons in the Vertical button bar.
Circle Editing
Existing parameters can easily be edited.
To edit an arc, or circle:
 Select the Properties button.
 Select the parameter to be edited. The Circle/Arc properties
dialogue opens.
 Edit the parameters to be changed.
 Select the Use button to save the changes and close the Circle/Arc
properties dialogue, or Cancel to quit without saving.
 When the Full Circle box is checked, the arc becomes a full circle,
and can now be edited with new parameters.
Button Function
Select Circle Radius to create a circle using a
center and radius.
Select Circle Tangent to create a circle tangent to
any combination of circle and line and having a
specific radius.
Select Circle Tangent Point to create a circle going
through a point, tangent to a line and having a
specific radius.
Select Circle Tangent Center Point to create a
circle tangent to a line and having a specific center.
The first two steps can also be achieved by right clicking
on the geometry to be edited, and selecting Properties
from the pop-up dialogue.
Values that cannot be edited are in gray. This indicates
that the value is interdependent with the values that can
be edited.