WinMax Lathe Conversational Part Programming v546CO Conversational Part Programming 2-29
• FINISH OFFSETS—identifies the offset and the orientation for the finish
pass. This field is only active when Turn Finish or Groove Finish is selected in
the Profile Start Process Operation field.
Face Element
A Face operation cuts the stock vertically.
Figure 2–19. Face Element screen
These fields appear on the Face Element screen:
• X END (D) or (R)—identifies the X (DIAMETER) or (RADIUS) coordinate for
the ending point of the Face.
• Z END—contains the Z coordinate for the ending point. The value in this
read-only field is carried over from the previous element.
• LENGTH—contains the control-calculated X-Z length of the element. This
field is read-only and “CAL” appears next to it.
• ANGLE—contains the control-calculated X-Z angle from the start point to the
end point, measured counterclockwise from the 3 o’clock position. This field is
read-only and “CAL” appears next to it.
When the cursor is located on either the active FINISH SPEED (FPM)
or (MPM), FINISH FEED (IPR) or (MMPR), or FINISH OFFSETS field,
the COPY SPEED TO ALL ELEMENTS F6, COPY FEED TO ALL
ELEMENTS F6, or COPY OFFSETS TO ALL ELEMENTS F6 softkey is
available, respectively.
Select the softkey, and a pop-up message appears asking if you
would like to use the defined speed, feed, or offset in all following
elements. Select Yes to use this speed, feed, or offset in all elements
that follow in this data block.
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