Acu-Rite CNC 3500i User Manual

ACU-RITE 3500i

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Calibrate the work probe at least once before trying to use this cycle. 

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A preliminary tool-length offset must be set by eye for the work 
probe. The tool offset, and work coordinate must be active before 
using this cycle in a program. See Section 4, "Tool-Length Offsets" 
on page 73.

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The Inside/Outside Boss/Hole Finding Cycle can be run from within 
a program or from the Manual Data Input Mode.

Side

Q

Inside or Outside.
0 = Inside Hole 1 = Outside Boss 
(Required)

Length

X

Estimated length of boss/hole if rectangular 
or the Diameter if round. 
(Required)

Width

Y

Estimated width of boss/hole. Y is only 
specified if boss or hole is rectangular in 
shape.
(Optional)

Top

H

If set to 1, the cycle finds the top of the part 
before finding center of hole or boss. If Q 
parameter is set to 1, H is forced to 1 as 
well; otherwise, the Default is: 0. 
(Optional)

DistDown

E

The distance to go down from the top of 
part to find X & Y coordinate of the center. 
This is only used if H parameter is set to 1. 
Without any E value, the cycle brings the 
probe stylus center down past the top of 
the part after finding the top, 0.1" (2.54 
mm). 
(Optional)

DistBack

V

Specifies the distance away from the edge 
for the probe to fast feed to before trying to 
find it. Default is: 0.1" 
(2.54 mm) if not set.
(Optional)

DistInX

A

The distance from the starting point to 
move in the X-axis to find the top of the 
part. The default, if Q is not set or set to 0, 
is 0.1" beyond the edge of the boss/hole. If 
Q is set to 1, the default is the current probe 
position. 
(Optional)