Siemens SINUMERIK 840Di - General Operating Procedures

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How to Use the CAD Reader 03.02
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2.1 General operating procedures
Toolbar
You can select the toolbar in the global header by clicking "View →
Show Toolbar".
Further settings are described in Section 3.1.
General operation
All the CAD Reader functions can be operated with both the keyboard
and the mouse. The right mouse button is equivalent to the "ESCAPE"
function with which you can reset activated menus or functions.
Operating sequence
Open DXF files
Select a CAD drawing by clicking Open.
Save the program
You can save contours you have created as a file type in
• MPF format(∗.mpf)
• SPF format (∗.spf)
• ARC format(∗.arc) (SINUMERIK archive)
Back
The last action in the contour trace is undone, either element by
element or to the last intersection depending on your selection.