Plot Program

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Plotting the Program

The Plot Buttons

Put the editor cursor at the top of the program and press the Plot Auto button

The feed moves are shown in light blue and the rapid moves are shown in dotted yellow.

You can press the Reset button to send the cursor back to the beginning of the program and reset the memory, just like pressing the reset button on the machine.

If you press the Redraw button the CAD file will be redrawn and clear any toolpaths from the window.

Start from the top of the program again and try plotting with the Step, Run and Selection buttons.

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Inplot Tips

The editor does not show going through the lines of a subprogram unless Configuration-Plotting-Step Subs is checked.

You can set the size of the edit window when Inplot starts in Configuration-Editor-Start Edit Window Size.

If the Rotary table moves around the wrong way, you show the opposite with Configuration-Axis-Reverse Rotation settings.

If you have trouble with Inplot finding some Syntax errors during plotting because of a non-standard format, it will help to turn off Configuration-Plotting-Check Syntax.

You can have Inplot ignore any line that starts with a certain character. This can help ignore things like filenames at the beginning of the program.

With Syntax Checking on, Inplot will report an error on lines that have multiple same addresses. Use Configuration-Syntax-Allow these to tell Inplot that these certain multiple addresses are OK.

Inplot can show you when you forgot to turn the spindle or coolant on by plotting in a different color. Turn this on in Configuration-Syntax-Warn.

Inplot can show you accidentally got a feedrate too fast by plotting in a different color when the feedrate is over a certain amount. Set in Configuration-Feedrates.