Inplot - Quick Start
Quick Start 2
Input Coordinates into Editor
These buttons insert the current coordinates that
you obtained with the Tool Buttons (Quuick Start
1) into the editor at the current line
You can click the X,Y,or Z buttons to insert those
coordinates. Or the XY or XZ buttons to insert both
at once.
If the current line already has those addresses,
those values are changed, otherwise, those
addresses are added to the end of the line.
Auto Insert ON/OFF button. When
this is on every time you get a
coordinate it will automatically be
inserted on a new line in the
editor.
Insert Arc Button. Use
this to insert a G02 or
G03 arc move after
picking an arc. See Help
file for more info.
Use the Pick Buttons when picking points with the
Tool Buttons or drawing elements.
Displaying Pictures of Tools During Plotting:
Notice a comment in the program that starts with
'TL'. This is a special code to Inplot. During plotting,
when this line is read, Inplot looks for a tool picture
by the name 'N55' and loads it. All plotting after that
shows this tool along with the tool path - until a
different tool picture is loaded.
Each picture is a separate file. These pictures can
be drawn in Inplot or most other CAD programs
and saved as a file.
More tool picture files are available at i-Logic web
site.
Tool Animation
Tool Animation
ON/OFF button
Animation Speed slider.
Fast or Slow.
If the whole range is too
fast or too slow, the
Help file has
information on
adjusting the range.
Tool Pictures
The tool picture was drawn in a CAD file and the
name of the file is in a comment in the program. "(TL
N55)"
The "(TL" is the command for Inplot to load a tool file.
"N55" is the filename without the ".CDL" extension.
After that, all the plotting displays the tool as it plots -
until the next load tool command.
This applies only to Lathe tools because for milling we
have a similar method with Comment Code TM that
displays a circle for the tool.
There are many of these plotting commands that can
be in comments in the program. See Comment
Codes.