88 5 Program Overview
5.1 Programming Introduction
Step functions soft keys
The Step Functions soft key provides access to the following soft
keys for assistance with programing steps, and modifying or arranging
the programs steps.
Soft key Function
The Explode soft key will explode a program step
e.g. such as a bolt circle converting it from a radius
and number of holes equally spaced to individual
coordinates for each hole. See "Explode" on page
190 for additional information.
The Reverse Step soft key will reverse the tool path
of the selected step so that it will be followed in the
reverse order.
The Reverse Path soft key will reverse the tool path
selected of all the steps so that it will be followed in
the reverse order.
The purpose of the Shift/Rotate Steps feature is
to transpose a range of steps from one location to
another on the actual work piece within a program.
The Change Steps soft key opens a dialogue that will
allow the operator to select a range of steps that can
be modified for the Z axis, Offset, and Feed Rate.
The Delete Steps soft key opens a dialogue that will
allow the operator to select a range of steps, or a
step to be deleted.
The Copy / Move Steps soft key opens a dialogue
that will allow the operator to select a range of steps
to either be copied, or moved else where in the
program.
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