Acu-Rite CNC 3500i Router User Manual


 
ACU-RITE 3500i 137
7.1 Explaining Basic Cycles
Unit (Inch/MM)
Use the Unit block to specify and activate the desired unit of
measurement in a program. The active Unit is modal, and remains
active until overridden.
Select the More Milling button, and then "Unit" from
the pop-up menu.
Conversational format: Unit
G-code format: G70 (Inch), or G71 (MM)
Dimension (Abs/Inc)
You can change the program mode to Absolute/Incremental. Specify
Absolute or Incremental mode at the start of a program. Refer to
chapter 3 "Manual Data Input (MDI)" on page 38 for more information
regarding Absolute and Incremental programming concepts.
Conversational format: Dim
G-code format: G90 (Abs), or G91 (Incr)
Field Code Description
Unit U The desired modal unit of measurement to
activate, Inch or MM. (Required)
Field Code Description
Dim D The desired modal dimensional
programming method to activate, Absolute
or Incremental. (Required)