Siemens SINUMERIK 840D Operation/Programming Manual page 290

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Programming with ShopMill
3.8 Milling
Entering a variable text
Variable
Variable >
text
Deleting text
Delete
text >
Parameters
T, D, F, S, V See Sec. "Creating program blocks".
Alignment
Reference Position of reference point within text
point
Engraving text a maximum of 91 characters
X0 Reference point in X direction (abs.)
R Ref. point on longitudinal polar axis (alternative to X0) – (for curved alignment only)
Y0 Reference point in Y direction (abs.)
α 0 Ref. point on angular polar axis (alternative to Y0) – (for curved alignment only)
Reference point in Z direction (abs.)
Z0
Machining depth (abs. or inc.)
Z1
Depth infeed rate
FZ
Character height
W
Character spacing
DX1
Total width (alternative to DX1) – (for linear alignment only)
DX2
Text direction (for linear alignment only)
α 1
Arc angle (alternative to DX1) – (for curved alignment only)
α 2
Center point of arc (abs.) – (for curved alignment only)
XM
Center point of arc (abs.) – (for curved alignment only)
YM
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Press the "Variable" and "Variable text" softkeys if you want to
take the text to be engraved (up to 200 characters) from a
variable.
The format text <Text, _VAR_TEXT> is inserted and you return to the
engraving field with the softkey bar.
You can use any other text variable instead of _VAR_TEXT.
Press the "Delete text" softkey to delete the entire text.
The format text for the variables is always inserted at the current
cursor position.
The "Lowercase", "Special characters", "Variable", and "Delete text"
softkeys only appear when you place the cursor in the input field for
engraving text.
Align text to line
Align text to arc
Align text to arc
Description
SINUMERIK 840D/840Di/810D Operation/Programming ShopMill (BAS) – 10.04 Edition
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