Acu-Rite CNC 3500i User Manual

4 Tool Management

The Clear Feature button is available in the Tool Table, and also in the 
Fixture Offsets feature.  In the Tool Table feature, it’s application is not 
the same as in the Fixture Offsets feature.  The following description 
is for the Tool Table feature.

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Select the Clear Feature button to clear the active 

tool, and reset to T0.

The Teach, and Teach Program buttons are used to automatically 
provide position value for the selected tool depending on the button 
used.  Teach will use the machine position values and Teach Program 
will use the program position values.

The Teach, and Teach Program buttons can be swapped so that one of 
the two is located on the main Tool Table button bar and the other is 
placed in the second menu bar.  

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To swap these button locations enter the Configuration and go to 
UserSetup->CfgTooltableSettings->mainTeachSoftkey.  

The value selected here is the button that shows up in the main menu 
bar. Refer to the Technical Manual for more information for changing 
configuration settings.

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Select the Teach Program button to automatically 

provide the data from the program position.

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Select the Teach button to automatically provide the 

data from the machine position.

When a W Axis knee scale is coupled with the Z Axis, the 
Teach Program button should always be used. In this 
scenario, set the mainTeachSoftkey configuration 
parameter to Teach Program.