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284 10 CAM: Programming
10.1 CAM Programming
Circle Tool buttons
Touching the Circle Tool button activates the
following buttons in the Vertical button bar.
Circle Editing
Existing parameters can easily be edited.
To edit an arc, or circle:
Select the Properties button.
Select the parameter to be edited. The Circle/Arc properties
dialogue opens.
Edit the parameters to be changed.
Select the Use button to save the changes and close the Circle/Arc
properties dialogue, or Cancel to quit without saving.
When the Full Circle box is checked, the arc becomes a full circle,
and can now be edited with new parameters.
Button Function
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.