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Section 6
Notes
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Display area Description (continuation)
By pressing the VSK 1.6 "Details" the vertical soft-
key bar 4 opens (see section 6.4).
By pressing the VSK 1.7 "Extend" on the operator
panel the softkeys of the vertical softkey bar 2 will
be shown.
By pressing the VSK 1.8 "Back" you switch back to
the main screen of the operating area "Machine" in
the operating mode "AUTO".
By pressing the VSK 2.1 "Show tool path" the ani-
mated path display that follows the programmed
tool path of the selected program is shown on the
screen. Press this softkey again to turn off the func-
tion. The traversing paths are shown in two different
colurs: red colour for rapid traverse and green col-
our for feed motion.
By pressing the VSK 2.2 "Delete tool path" all tool
paths so far generated, including tool paths gener-
ated in the background, are deleted.
By pressing the VSK 2.3 "Blank" the "Blank input"
window opens. Here, the zero offset, the form and
the dimensions of the blank can be entered,.
By pressing the VSK 2.8 "Back" on the operator
panel you switch back to the vertical softkey bar 1.
6.3 Vertical softkey bar 3 (from VSK 1.5 "Further views")
Display area Description
By pressing the VSK "2 windows" the screen is split
into two different views of the workpiece. The 2-
windowed view contains a side view (left-hand win-
dow) and a front view (right-hand window) of the
workpiece. The viewing direction is always from the
front to the cutting surface even if machining is to
be performed from behind or from the back side.
The active view is shown with a white background.
You can switch between both windows by pressing
the "NEXT WINDOW" key on the keyboard.
6.4 Vertical softkey bar 4 (from VSK 1.6 "Details")
Display area Description
By pressing the VSK 4.1 "Autozoom" the workpiece
will be alligned in an optimal way on the screen, so
that it fits the whole window.
By pressing the VSK 4.2 "Zoom +" you zoom in to
magnify the graphical representation of the work-
piece in the window.
Alternatively you can press the plus ("+") key on the
number block of the keyboard.
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