The purpose of this manual is to provide an overview of the features and capabilities of SuperCam as a simple CAD program and machine control program. The adoption of CAD techniques to real time machine control are described to give a novice working knowledge of how to use SuperCam.
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SuperCam Basics Manual Table of Contents | |
| Page | Page Description |
| Page 1 | Locating Menus & Selecting Commands |
| Page 2 | Crosshair Coordinates, Tool Coordinates, Motors Status, Command Line |
| Page 3 | Command Line Entries, Grid Setting, Snap Setting |
| Page 4 | Ortho, Tool Display, Clear Buffer, Command Line and Mouse Buttons |
| Page 5 | Redraw, Set Mechanical Limits, Zoom Limits |
| Page 6 | Zoom Center, Zoom Window, Zoom Previous |
| Page 7 | Pan, Move, Copy |
| Page 8 | Erase, Scale, Rotate, Toolwidth |
| Page 9 | Drawing Lines |
| Page 10 | Drawing Lines |
| Page 11 | Drawing Lines Groups as one Item Line as Single Items |
| Page 12 | Circle, Arc |
| Page 13 | Arcdir, Point, Lineup and Linedown, Change Line |
| Page 14 | Chglndwn, Chglnup, Swapend |
| Page 15 | Fill, Tool Paths |
| Page 16 | List, Listfront |
| Page 17 | Change Order, List Front |
| Page 18 | Text, Font |
| Page 19 | Text Center, Text fit and Reversing Text |
| Page 20 | Axis Orientation, Moveto Command |
| Page 21 | Jog with keyboard, Jog Increment, Jog Increment Z, Plot buffer |
| Page 22 | Plot Buffer, Plot Item |
| Page 23 | Plot Character |
| Page 24 | Set Z Limit, Set Z |
| Page 25 | Set Z, Set Surface |
| Page 26 | Surface, Up, Z Altitude |
| Page 27 | Conditions for setting Surface and Zmax |
| Page 28 | Z depth, Down, Z travel, Z cut |
| Page 29 | Manual Z |
| Page 30 | X, Y, Motion Start, Ramp and Slew Speeds |
| Page 31 | Ramp Slopes Illustrated, Machine Configuration |
| Page 32 | English-Metric Speed and Grid Settings |
| Page 33 | Configuration Screen Display, Port mode, Motion Delays |
| Page 34 | Configuration Screen, Motion Delays, Limit Switches Setup, Home |
| Page 35 | Configuration Screen, Limit Switches, Home |
| Page 36 | Set Limits, Set Load Location, Step size, start & Maximum Steps per Second, Backlash Compensation |
| Page 37 | Switch Mode, Table Limits on-off, Mechanism Type |
| Page 38 | Relays, Setcords, Status Screen, M-status screen |
| Page 39 | Home, Tool Change, Set XY Location, Zero XY |
| Page 40 | Find Location, Origin, Motor Control |
| Page 41 | Lead In, Join |
| Page 42 | Lead Out Line |
| Page 43 | Files, Open, Close |
| Page 44 | Files, Save, Saveas, Delete |
| Page 45 | Files, Save Mechanical Configuration, Read Mechanical configuration, Background, End, Quit |
| Page 46 | Importing CNC files, Scale, Offset position, Single Stepping |
| Page 47 | Importing CNC, File Display, Cutting Action, Menu Feedrate, Auto Feedrate |
| Page 48 | Importing CNC, Metric and English Units, Export, Rotate, Red Crosshair |
| Page 49 | Exporting CNC, Setup CNC |
| Page 50 | Exporting CNC, Line Numbers, Creating CNC File |
| Page 51 | Creating CNC File, Example |
| Page 52 | Creating DXF files in AutoCad |
| Page 53 | Creating DXF files in AutoCad |
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