FANUC Series 30i/300i/300is-MODEL A. Machining Center System. User's manual - page 193

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2 

Press any of the cursor keys to move the cursor to a position 
where you want to insert a block. 

 

Note that a block created on the guidance screens is inserted after 
the block at the cursor position. (If the block at the cursor 
position includes a tilted working plane command, the existing 
block is modified. See "Modification to an existing block" 
below.) 

3 

Press soft key [(OPRT)].   

4 

Press continuous menu key 

 several times, and then press 

soft key [GUIDANCE]. 
The command type selection screen is displayed. 

 

 

 

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5 

Select a command type with any of the cursor keys, and then 
press soft key [SELECT]. 
The tilted working plane data setting screen is displayed. 

 

 

 
6 

Enter command data for the setting items. 

7 

Press soft key [INSERT].   

 

 

 
8 

Press soft key [YES].   
This takes you back to the program editing screen, where the new 
block is inserted after the block at the cursor position. 

 

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Modification to an existing block 

The following describes the procedure for replacing a block in a 
program being edited on a program editing screen, with a tilted 
working plane command block created on a guidance screen. 
 
1 

On a program editing screen, display a program to be edited. 

 

(For the procedure for displaying a program editing screen, see 
step 1 in "Creation of a new block".) 

 

The program editing screen is displayed. 

 

 

 
2 

Press any of the cursor keys to move the cursor to a block to be 
modified. 

 

For a command extending over more than one block, move the 
cursor to the first block. 

3 

Press soft key [(OPRT)].   

4 

Press continuous menu key 

 several times, and then press 

soft key [GUIDANCE TWP]. The tilted working plane data 
setting screen is displayed. 

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5 

Enter command data for setting items to be modified. 

6 

Press soft key [ALTER].   

 

 

 
7 

Press soft key [YES].   
This takes you back to the program editing screen, where the 
block at the cursor position is replaced. 
 

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Guidance screen cancellation 

Pressing soft key [CANCEL] on a guidance screen takes you back to 
the program editing screen. At this time, the data that has been set on 
the guidance screen is discarded. 
 

NOTE 

1

 

In addition to the above operation, the following 
operations also cancel a guidance screen. The 
data that has been set on the guidance screen is 
discarded. 

•

 

When bit 7 (CPG) of parameter No. 11302 is 1 
(setting for automatically switching between 
program-related screens according to CNC 
mode), the CNC mode is changed. 

•

 

When a guidance screen is displayed from the 
foreground editing screen, the CNC mode is 
changed to a mode other than EDIT, TJOG, or 
THND. 

•

 

When a guidance screen is displayed from the 
MDI editing screen, the CNC mode is changed 
to a mode other than MDI. 

•

 

When a guidance screen is displayed on a 
15-inch display unit, the screen is switched by 
a vertical soft key. 

•

  The s

creen is switched by an MDI key. 

•

  The s

creen is switched by a path select signal. 

•

 

An event that causes screen switching has 
occurred, including occurrence of an alarm, 
display of an operator message, or 
signal-based display of a screen (such as a 
tool compensation screen, workpiece shift 
screen, workpiece coordinate system setting 
screen, or C language executor screen). 

2  If MDI key 

  is pressed after switching from a 

guidance screen to another screen, a program 
editing screen is displayed, instead of the guidance 
screen. 

 

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Notes 

•

  Conditions under which soft key [GUIDANCE TWP] is 

displayed 

 

Soft key [GUIDANCE TWP] is displayed on a program editing 
screen under the following conditions: 
 
1 

Foreground editing screen 
- 

The CNC mode is EDIT, TJOG, or THND. 

-  The editing and display are not prohibited for a 

program to be edited. 

2 

Background editing screen 
- 

A program to be edited is not in reference mode. 

-  The editing and display are not prohibited for a 

program to be edited. 

3 

MDI editing screen 
- 

The CNC mode is MDI. 

 

•

 

Screen displayed when soft key [GUIDANCE TWP] is pressed 
When soft key [GUIDANCE TWP] is pressed, which guidance 
screen is displayed is automatically determined according to the 
conditions described below. 
1 

When a tilted working plane command is not included in a 
block at the cursor position on a program editing screen 
 

The command type selection screen is displayed. A 
block created on the guidance screens is inserted after 
the block at the cursor position on the program editing 
screen. 

2  When a tilted working plane command is included in a 

block at the cursor position on a program editing screen 
 

The tilted working plane data setting screen is 
displayed, which shows the data for the tilted working 
plane command in the block at the cursor position on 
the program editing screen. When a block of a tool 
axis direction control command exists immediately 
after the tilted working plane command, the command 
data for the block is also shown. The tilted working 
plane command in the block at the cursor position on 
the program editing screen is replaced with a block 
created on the guidance screen. 

 

NOTE 

 

If the CNC is in the reset state or emergency stop 
state when soft key [GUIDANCE TWP] is pressed 
on the foreground editing screen or MDI editing 
screen, the warning "PROGRAM READ FAILED" 
appears, and the operation cannot be continued. 
(Soft keys other than [CANCEL] are not displayed.) 
Press soft key [CANCEL] to return to the program 
editing screen, and then press soft key 
[GUIDANCE TWP] again. 

 

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12.2.9.1 

Command type selection screen 

 
The command type selection screen is used to select the type of a 
tilted working plane command you want to insert into a program to be 
edited. One of the following command types can be selected: 

•

 

G68.2 / G68.4 

(Euler’s angle) 

•

 

G68.2 / G68.4 P1  (Roll-Pitch-Yaw angle) 

•

 

G68.2 / G68.4 P2  (3 points specification) 

•

 

G68.2 / G68.4 P3  (2 vectors specification) 

•

 

G68.2 / G68.4 P4  (Projection angle) 

•

 

G68.3 

(Tool Axis Direction) 

G68.2 is an absolute command, and G68.4 is an incremental 
command. 

 

 

Fig. 12.2.9.1 (a) Command type selection screen (10.4-inch)     

 

Selection of a command type 

1  Press cursor key 

 or 

 to move the cursor to a 

command type you want to select. As the cursor is moved, the 
figure corresponding to the command type at the cursor position 
is displayed. 

2 

When soft key [SELECT] is pressed, the command type at the 
cursor position is accepted, and the tilted working plane data 
setting screen is displayed. 

 

NOTE 

 

If the warning "PROGRAM READ FAILED" 
appears when the command type selection screen 
is displayed, the operation cannot be continued. 
(Soft keys other than [CANCEL] are not displayed.) 
Press soft key [CANCEL] to return to the program 
editing screen, and then press soft key 
[GUIDANCE TWP] again. 

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12.2.9.2 

Tilted working plane data setting screen 

 
The tilted working plane data setting screen is used to set specified 
tilted working plane data required for a tilted working plane command 
of the type that has been selected on the command type selection 
screen or has been selected when soft key [GUIDANCE TWP] is 
pressed. 
Different types of tilted working plane data setting screen are provided 
for different command types. For details of each type of tilted working 
plane data setting screen, see "Details of the tilted working plane data 
setting screen". 
 

 

Fig. 12.2.9.2 (a) Tilted working plane data setting screen

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3 points 

specification(10.4-inch)   

 

Display of the tilted working plane data setting screen 

When a new block is created, the initial values are set in the setting 
and selection items. 
When an existing block is modified, the command data for the block 
at the cursor position on the program editing screen is reflected in the 
setting and selection items.