Graphics Settings; Display Settings - Hurco winmax Getting Started Manual

Graphics Settings

When the Settings button is active, the top portion of the screen contains these settings:
• Display Settings—selections for adjusting items appearing on the graphics
display.
• Performance Settings—selections for graphics performance such as
showing 3D Part Surface and chord error.
• Machine Configuration—selections for adjusting chuck, jaw, and graphics
configuration.

Display Settings

• Show Graphics—the type of graphic display. When set to Tool Path or Show
All, the following settings are available:
• Tool Path—use slider to turn the tool path on or off in display (appears
as red dashed line).
• Rapids—use slider to turn rapid moves on or off in display (appear as
yellow solid lines).
• Part Surface—use slider to show the part surface in graphic display
(appears as solid cyan line).
• Stock Outline—use slider to show the stock outline, which is set in the
stock geometry screen (appears as green solid line).
• Draw Tail Stock / Sub Spindle—use slider to turn Tailstock and Sub-
spindle on or off in display.
• Render Mode—choose the rendering for the part display: Surface, Mesh, or
All. Mesh displays a line rendering of the part. Surface displays a solid 3-
dimensional part. Only applicable when Show Graphics is Solids or Show All.
• Enable Runtime Tool—turn on to see simulated tool move around the part
in graphics display while the machine is running; tool also shown when
jogging tool near part.
• Background Color—choose Black or White background color for the
graphics window display.
• Default View—the default graphics display view when WinMax is started,
either XY plane, XZ plane, Isometric, or All Views.
• Draw Chuck and Jaw—Use slider to turn the chuck and jaw display on or
off.
• Resolution—use trackbar to set the resolution tolerance for solid simulation.
Smaller numbers give higher resolution and accuracy in representing the cut
part.
• Section View—full, 1/2, or 3/4 solid stock.
• On Screen Graphics Controls—Use the slider to show or hide the rotate,
zoom, pan, full screen and zoom window icons.
• Solid Simulation—Save and load a solid graphic simulation (.sim file). When
a solid part has been drawn, select the Save button to save the .sim file.
Select the Load button to load and open a .sim file.
Getting Started—WinMax Lathe Max Control
v546GS Programming Basics 4-89