Chapter 9 Engraving Introduction
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1. down lt Ctrl gt and press the letter G to Generate a G Code program from the dimensional information you have typed in Quick Start Engraving Software Tutorial Follow the instructions on the Offline Millwrite Engraving Demo disk to start the program Follow the steps below after Millwrite has started Step 1 Enter some text Begin by typing a few keys or a short message For instance Reduce Re Use Recycl When you begin typing an editor box will appear in the middle of the screen and the letters you type will appear there Press lt Enter gt when you are finished entering text Press the down arrow to begin another line of text Step 2 Select a symbol from the symbol libraries A Press lt CTRL C gt Choose symbol Use the arrow keys or mouse to select Recycling symbols Look for the keyboard assignment of the symbol you wish to select in this case V or select it by double clicking on the symbol with the mouse B Use the right arrow key or mouse to move the box over to the font attribute section right side of the screen Select the Y and enter a value of 1 000 This moves the Y center of this line text to Y 1 000 M Series Operator s Manual 3 2 04 9 1 Step 3 _ View the tool path Press lt CTRL V gt This will display the text in graphics mode Press lt ESC gt and choose lt Q gt uit graphics If you used the mouse go to B otherwise press lt ESC gt then lt ENTER gt and type without quotes V Pres2. screen of your controller Step 10 Load the G code Press lt F2 gt to load the file that you saved in Step 4 At this point you may lt F8 gt Graph to view a backplot of the G code file or if your part and tool setup has been set you may begin to engrave To learn more about Millwrite run it again and load a sample file lt ESC gt lt F gt ile lt O gt pen Press gt or move the mouse to the right Make changes to the line of text such as the Height Slant Angle and Wrap radius View these effects as you did in Step 2 M Series Operator s Manual 3 2 04 9 2
3. Chapter 9 Engraving Introduction Centroid offers an optional engraving package which uses engraving software called Millwrite Purchase of this option includes a user manual for the software To launch the engraving software press lt F5 gt from the main screen and select Millwrite from the options shown on the screen To operate the engraving software you can use the mouse and keyboard on conjunction with each other or you can use the keyboard alone Since many operators do not use a mouse these instructions are for keyboard only operation of the engraving software In general the engraving software is a conversational style programming format that prompts you for dimensional information about the letters or symbols that you want to engrave Simply type in the letters you want to engrave and define where and how big you want them the engraving software will create a G code program to do just that When using the keyboard there are two important keys that are the key to operation The lt ESC gt key will display a menu of choices Use the highlighted letter to select that choice For example select Q for Quit F for File etc The Control Key lt Ctrl gt will display a choice of options that will be displayed at the bottom of the screen For example You can directly see a graphic representation of the information you have entered by pressing lt Ctrl gt and holding it down and pressing the letter V for View Press and hold
4. s lt ENTER gt Step 4 Scale the symbol Drag the mouse to the right then to the bottom of the screen Select Scale Place the cross hairs on the symbol and left click and hold Dragging the mouse to the right increases the size and to the left decreases it Increase the size to approx 1 x 1 and release the mouse Step 5 Wrap the text Drag the mouse to the right and then to the bottom of the screen Select Radius Place the crosshairs on the text Reduce Re use Recycle and left click and hold Dragging the mouse to the left decreases the radius to the right increases it Select a radius of approx 1 1 The radius is seen in the bottom center of the screen labeled New Radius Step 6 Change the font Right click on the Reduce Re use Recycle text When the font attribute box pops up select Dutch outline italic Press lt ESC gt Step 7 Generate the G Code Type lt CTRL G gt to generate the G code Since you are running the demo the G code generated will contain B s Step 8 Save this G code Press lt ESC gt and then lt F gt for file lt S gt to save The default directory should be c cnce7 ncfiles and the default extension cnc Press lt ENTER gt after a filename is typed Step 9 Exit Millwrite Press lt ESC gt and lt Q gt uit to return from the G code editor Press lt ESC gt again and E lt X gt it to DOS You will be prompted to choose to save the file Choose no and you will be returned to the main
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