A.8 Free Contour Programming - Siemens SINUMERIK 808D User Manual

A.8 Free contour programming
Fu n ctionality
Free contour programming enables you to create simple and complex contours.
A contour editor (FKE) calculates any missing parameters for you as soon as they can be obtained from other parameters.
You can link together contour elements and transfer to the edited part program.
C o ntour editor
Proceed through the following steps to open the contour editor window:
R e compile
N o te
When recompiling, only the contour elements that were generated in the contour editor are created again. Any changes you
made directly in the program text are lost; however, you can subsequently insert and edit user-defined texts, which will not
be lost.
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1. Select the program management operating area.
2. Press this softkey to enter the system directory for storing part programs.
3. Select the desired program file, and press this key to open it in the program editor.
4. Press this softkey to open the contour editor window.
5. Initially, you define a contour starting point (see Section "Defining a start point (Page 307)").
6. The contour is then programmed step by step (see Section "Programming example for mill-
ing application (Page 316)").
When the program edited in the contour editor is opened in the program editor, if you position the
editor cursor in a command line of the contour program and then press this softkey, the main
screen of the contour editor opens and you can recompile the existing contour.
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