WinMax Lathe Conversational Part Programming v546CO Overview 1-7
Program Editing Features
Several editing features are available with the WinMax Lathe. Keyboard and software
features provide you with the editing capabilities to create and update part programs.
The console keyboard contains these keys:
• Programming Mode keys—Input, Review, and Menu keys.
• Standard AT-keyboard keys—Insert, Delete, Home, End, Page Up, Page
Down.
• Cursor Control keys—Arrows, Enter, alt, C, and F function keys.
• Draw key—displays the graphic in wireframe view. Refer to Getting Started
with WinMax Lathe Verifying Part Programs—Graphics, on page 4 - 86 for
more information about Wireframe Graphics.
• Optional AT-Keyboard—allows you to enter data using a keyboard.
The software provides these features:
• Pop-up Text Entry window—allows you to enter text, such as naming a
part program, if the console does not have an optional AT-keyboard.
• Program Review screen—lists the data blocks in a program and the tools
programmed for each block. Refer to Program Review, on page 1 - 8 for
information about using this screen.
• Tool Review screen—lists the tool number, type, orientation, size,
programming mode (diameter or radius), speed, and feed for each tool
programmed in the data block. Refer to Getting Started with WinMax Lathe,
Tool Review, on page 4 - 77 for information about using this screen.
The on-screen cursor
• Moves through the fields on a data block screen—when you press the
Enter key, Page Up and Page Down keys, or keyboard arrows.
• Stores new data typed into a field—when you type data in the field and
press the Enter key. The cursor then advances to the next field.
• Skips a field—(allows it to remain unchanged) when you position the cursor
on the field and press the Enter key.
• Moves to other data blocks in the part program—when the cursor is in
the Block field, press the left or right arrow keys or use Page Up and Page
Down keys.
Please refer to Getting Started with WinMax Lathe for details about
using these keys for specific functions for Tool Setup—Geometry
Offsets, on page 4 - 17 or Tool Review, on page 4 - 77.
Refer to Program Review, on page 1 - 8 and for details about using
these keys with the Program Review screen.
Please refer to the Getting Started with WinMax Lathe, Consoles, on
page 1 - 5 for additional information about the control.
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