Haas Automation VF Series, Control Book

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January 2004
VISUAL QUICK CODE
Visual Quick Code (VQC) is a graphical editor made to help simplify programming for commonly made, simple
parts. Given a standard part template and a set of dimensions, a program is created.
Quick Start Guide
1. Before starting VQC, if you wish to insert G-code to an existing program, open your program in the
Advanced Editor and place the cursor at the “;” (End of Block) where the new program will be
added.
2. In Edit mode, press the PRGRM/CONVRS key three times to enter VQC. You can also enter VQC
by using the pull-down menus in the Advanced Editor under HELP. After entering you will see a
mostly empty screen with a list of words or short phrases on the right. These are the part catego-
ries.
3. Using the up and down arrow keys, select the part category you want, then press WRITE. Part
templates will be seen in the large square area.
4. Using the up, down, left and right arrow keys, select a part template and press WRITE or press
CANCEL to return to the category selection screen (step 3). Pressing WRITE (on the part tem-
plate) will display an enlarged image of the selected part in the large square area including vari-
ables identifying the part dimensions.
5. Enter the data for the part. NOTE: Z0 will typically be 0, and the other Z values will typically be
negative. R and C values are used to specify the radius or chamfer of a corner.
6. When the last value is entered, the control will open a window displaying 4 options.
A) SELECT/CREATE A PROGRAM
If selected, another window will open prompting the user to select a program name. Simply
highlight the desired name and press WRITE. This will cause VQC to output to the selected
program. If the program already contains G-code, VQC will output to the beginning before the
existing G-code and will not pass any M30s. The user also has the option to CREATE a new
program by simply entering a program name using ‘O’. Then by simply pressing WRITE again will
cause VQC to output to the newly created program.
B) ADD TO CURRENT PROGRAM
If selected, the G-code generated by VQC will be inserted at the last position of the cursor within a
program before entering VQC. If the program was empty, then any M30s. in the G-CODE section of
the VQC template will be passed into the program. If the program contained anything, then NO
M30s. will be passed.
C) MDI
If selected, the newly created VQC G-code will output to MDI. Note: Anything that may be in MDI
will be overwritten.
D) CANCEL
If selected, the window will close and the focus returns to the parameter list. Note: the UNDO and
CANCEL keys also perform this operation.
Check the program that was created, for example, run the program in graphics mode and check the tool paths.
Verify the tool offsets, and run the preliminary part using reduced feeds.
Note: Cutter Compensation may be applied, if so all Cutter Compensation rules will
be used, refer to the Cutter Compensation section for complete details.