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u.2. Lettering with operator’s console.
(1) Set machine for automatic operation.
(2) Make required adjustments to tool being used. Example: Tangentially controlled device (make height
and pressure adjustments),
(3) Move (JOG) machine to the area in which you wish to letter and press both reset buttons (digitizing
keyboard and operator’s console).
(4) Press “Varia” key and type in scale as required. Example: Scale of 10,000 is 1 inch letters.
(5) Type in “LET” and press “CR”. Type in the information which is to be lettered on the drafting medium
and press “CR”. The operator’s console memory will allow you to type in up to 99 characters per line. The
length of the line of lettering will be limited by the size of the letters desired and the size of the drafting medium.
u.3. Rotation with operator’s console.
(1) Set machine for automatic operation.
(2) Make required adjustments to tool being used. Example: Tangentially controlled device (make height
and pressure adjustments).
(3) Insert tape in tape reader and press both reset buttons (digitizing keyboard and operator’s console).
(4) Press “Varia” key and type in scale as required.
(5) Type in “ROT” and press “CR”. Type in degrees of rotation expressed in thousandths of degrees.
Example: 180 rotation—type 180000. and press “CR”.
(6) Press start button on operator’s console.
v. Automatic drafting/tracing.
(1) Set machine for automatic operation (paragraph 3-6.3a).
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