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HEIDENHAIN | TNC 640 | Conversational Programming User's Manual | 10/2017
5 Programming Aids........................................................................................................................207
5.1 Adding comments..............................................................................................................................208
Application............................................................................................................................................208
Entering comments during programming............................................................................................208
Inserting comments after program entry............................................................................................ 208
Entering a comment in a separate block.............................................................................................208
Commenting out an existing NC block................................................................................................208
Functions for editing of the comment.................................................................................................209
5.2 Freely editing an NC program.......................................................................................................... 210
5.3 Display of NC programs.................................................................................................................... 211
Syntax highlighting............................................................................................................................... 211
Scrollbar................................................................................................................................................211
5.4 Structuring programs.........................................................................................................................212
Definition and applications...................................................................................................................212
Displaying the program structure window / Changing the active window...........................................212
Inserting a structure block in the program window.............................................................................213
Selecting blocks in the program structure window............................................................................. 213
5.5 Calculator............................................................................................................................................ 214
Operation..............................................................................................................................................214
5.6 Cutting data calculator......................................................................................................................217
Application............................................................................................................................................217
5.7 Programming graphics...................................................................................................................... 220
Activating and deactivating programming graphics............................................................................. 220
Generating a graphic for an existing program..................................................................................... 221
Block number display ON/OFF............................................................................................................ 222
Erasing the graphic.............................................................................................................................. 222
Showing grid lines................................................................................................................................222
Magnification or reduction of details...................................................................................................223
5.8 Error messages...................................................................................................................................224
Display of errors...................................................................................................................................224
Opening the error window.................................................................................................................. 224
Closing the error window.................................................................................................................... 224
Detailed error messages......................................................................................................................225
INTERNAL INFO soft key.................................................................................................................... 225
FILTER soft key.................................................................................................................................... 225
Clearing errors......................................................................................................................................226
Error log................................................................................................................................................226
Keystroke log........................................................................................................................................227
Informational texts............................................................................................................................... 228