Acu-Rite CNC 3500i User Manual

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ACU-RITE 3500i
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7.
3 Pr
obing Cy
cles
Field
Code
Description
EstAngle
S
Estimated amount of angle from 3 O'clock. 
Default is 0 which causes the cycle to find 
the angle of the back edge of the part 
starting its first pick in the upper-left corner 
and making the second pick to the left of 
that, as you are facing the surface being 
picked.  Examples:
S=90 would start in the lower-left side, 
picking in the X positive direction, finding 
the skew of the left side of the part.
S=-90 would start in the upper-right side, 
picking in the X negative direction, finding 
the skew of the right side of the part.
S=180 would start in the lower-right front 
edge of the part, picking in the Y positive 
direction, finding the skew of the front edge 
of the part.
Default is: 0. (Optional)
DistPicks
D
The distance from the first pick to the 
second pick. Default is: 2.0"
(50.8 mm)  (Optional)
Top
H
If set to 1, the cycle finds the top of the part 
before finding part skew angle. Default is: 0. 
If H" is set to 1, the probe stylus should be 
pre-positioned within 0.1" (2.54 mm) above 
the part. If H is set to 0, the probe stylus 
should be positioned at the Z-axis depth 
from which you want to make side picks.
(Optional)
DistDown
E
The distance to go down from the top of 
part to find part skew angle. 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. 
This would be used to make sure that the 
cycle is picking from far enough away from 
the edge so that it does not trigger the 
probe prematurely when stepping over to 
make the second pick.
Hint: If the S cycle parameter is relatively 
accurate, this parameter is not needed 
because the default is good enough.
(Optional)