Acu-Rite CNC 3500i User Manual

10 CAM: Programming

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Touching the Circle Tool button activates the 

following buttons in the Vertical button bar.

Existing parameters can easily be edited.

To edit an arc, or circle:

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Select the Properties button.

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Select the parameter to be edited. The Circle/Arc properties 
dialogue opens.

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Edit the parameters to be changed.

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Select the Use button to save the changes and close the Circle/Arc 
properties dialogue, or Cancel to quit without saving.

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When the Full Circle box is checked, the arc becomes a full circle, 
and can now be edited with new parameters.

Select Circle Radius to create a circle using a 
center and radius.

Select Circle Tangent to create a circle tangent to 
any combination of circle and line and having a 
specific radius.

Select Circle Tangent Point to create a circle going 
through a point, tangent to a line and having a 
specific radius. 

Select Circle Tangent Center Point to create a 
circle tangent to a line and having a specific center.

The first two steps can also be achieved by right clicking 
on the geometry to be edited, and selecting Properties 
from the pop-up dialogue.

Values that cannot be edited are in gray.  This indicates 
that the value is interdependent with the values that can 
be edited.