Haas Automation VF Series, Control Book

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January 2004
P
ROGRAMMING
V
ISUAL
Q
UICK
C
ODE
The selections fall into two groups, categories and parts. The programmer first selects, from a list, the type of
machining that will be used, for example, Drill/tap, bolt hole patterns, bore cycles, etc. This is the category group.
Selecting one of these categories displays an illustrated group of parts. The programmer chooses from these
illustrations the one that most resembles the desired part. Once chosen the control now prompts the programmer
for the dimensions of the parts. Programming code is generated after the programmer enter the dimensions.
Program O09997 is the Visual Quick Code model. The program consists of several Category sections which
define the categories available to the programmer.
The following is a basic outline of program O9997 using a top-down approach, becoming more and more
specific. This is the way that Visual Quick Code is used. First the user sees a list of categories. After selecting
a category, the user sees a list of parts. After selecting a part, the user sees what dimensions he or she can
specify, and then the G-code is produced.
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O09997
(CATEGORY)
. . .
(END CATEGORY)
(CATEGORY)
. . .
(END CATEGORY)
(CATEGORY)
. . .
(END CATEGORY)
(CATEGORY)
. . .
(END CATEGORY)
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Each CATEGORY section in turn consists of several TEMPLATE sections. These sections define which parts
are available to the user once a category has been selected.
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O09997
(CATEGORY)
. . .
(TEMPLATE)
. . .
(END TEMPLATE)
(TEMPLATE)
. . .
(END TEMPLATE)
(TEMPLATE)
. . .
(END TEMPLATE)
(END CATEGORY)
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Each TEMPLATE section consists of a DIAGRAM section, a PARAMETER section, and a GCODE section.
The GCODE section is where the programming code is stored, but is missing some values that are entered by
the programmer, via variables.