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MR. MACHINIST (tm) COPYRIGHT (c) 1993 BY ALLAN J. BREMER ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Mr. Machinist User Manual ║ ║ ========================= ║ ║ by Allan J. Bremer ║ ║ ║ ║ Program Version: 1.02 Manual Version: 1.01 ║ ║ ║ ║ Copyright (c) 1993 by Allan J. Bremer ║ ║ ║ ║ Manual Date: 12-21-93 ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Customer Service Customer Service Phone Number: (716)434-7823 BBS Phone Numbers (716)434-1448 2400 - 14400 Baud (716)438-0345 2400 - 14400 Baud PAGE 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Line Page ==== ==== A) PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 4 B) LEGAL NOTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 5 1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 5 1.1 What is Mr. Machinist? . . . . . . . . . 311 5 1.2 Why use Mr. Machinist? . . . . . . . . . 338 6 1.3 History of Mr. Machinist . . . . . . . . 353 6 1.4 How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . 365 6 1.5 Definition of Shareware . . . . . . . . 409 7 1.6 Disclaimer Agreement . . . . . . . . . . 442 7 2. GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 8 2.1 Backing Up Your Disk and Data . . . . . 500 8 2.2 Hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . 553 8 2.3 Files Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 10 2.4 File Created On Your Drive . . . . . . . 614 10 2.5 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670 11 2.6 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 12 2.7 Additional Materials . . . . . . . . . . 732 12 2.8 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 13 2.9 Customization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 15 3. SUPPORT POLICIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 904 15 3.1 Technical Support BBS . . . . . . . . . 906 16 3.2 Voice Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926 16 3.3 Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937 16 4. REFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948 16 4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 950 16 4.2 Bringing Up Menus . . . . . . . . . . . 977 17 4.3 Moving Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005 17 4.4 Entering Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1017 17 4.5 The Title Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1041 18 4.6 Systems Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1057 18 4.7 Exiting Mr. Machinist . . . . . . . . . 1072 18 4.8 Manipulating Windows . . . . . . . . . . 1099 19 4.8.1 Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1111 19 PAGE 2 4.8.2 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . 1150 20 4.9 The Help File . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1214 21 4.10 Date, Time and Screen Saver . . . . . . 1244 21 4.11 File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1279 22 4.11.1 Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1306 23 4.11.2 New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1416 24 4.11.3 Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1433 25 4.11.4 Save As . . . . . . . . . . . . 1449 25 4.11.5 Save Done. . . . . . . . . . . . 1465 25 4.11.6 Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1476 25 4.11.7 Print Answer File. . . . . . . . 1582 27 4.11.8 Show Answer File . . . . . . . . 1601 28 4.11.9 Change Directory . . . . . . . . 1608 28 4.11.10 Dos Shell . . . . . . . . . . . 1647 29 4.11.11 Print Registration Invoice . . . 1670 29 4.11.12 Sequence a CNC File. . . . . . . 1691 29 4.11.13 Un-Sequence a CNC File . . . . . 1748 30 4.11.14 Split a CNC File . . . . . . . . 1772 31 4.11.15 Exit Mr. Machinist . . . . . . . 1853 32 4.12 Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1863 32 4.12.1 Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1886 33 4.12.2 Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1912 33 4.12.3 Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1924 33 4.12.4 Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1939 34 4.12.5 Show Clipboard . . . . . . . . . 1951 34 4.12.6 Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1963 34 4.13 Windows Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983 34 4.13.1 Resize/Move . . . . . . . . . . 2004 35 4.13.2 Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2044 35 4.13.3 Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2067 36 4.13.4 Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2076 36 4.13.5 Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111 37 4.13.6 Cascade . . . . . . . . . . . . 2134 37 4.14 Search Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2156 37 4.14.1 Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2171 38 4.14.2 Replace . . . . . . . . . . . . 2206 38 4.14.3 Search Again . . . . . . . . . . 2232 39 4.15 Circle Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2239 39 4.15.1 Circle Segment . . . . . . . . . 2257 39 4.15.2 Circle Area . . . . . . . . . . 2285 40 4.15.3 Circular Ring Area . . . . . . . 2296 40 4.15.4 Circular Ring Sector Area . . . 2305 40 4.15.5 Circular Sector Area . . . . . . 2318 40 4.15.6 Circumference . . . . . . . . . 2328 40 4.15.7 Three Points on a Circle . . . . 2343 41 4.16 Math Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2370 41 4.16.1 Trig. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2394 42 PAGE 3 4.16.2 Conversions . . . . . . . . . . 2488 43 4.16.3 Polar Coordinates . . . . . . . 2524 44 4.16.4 Distance Across Square Corners . 2532 44 4.16.5 Distance Across Hex Corners . . 2539 44 4.16.6 Distance Between Two Points . . 2546 44 4.16.7 Middle of Two Points . . . . . . 2553 44 4.16.8 Three Points, Shift and Rotate . 2561 44 4.16.9 Bolt Circle. . . . . . . . . . . 2575 45 4.16.10 Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . 2601 45 4.17 Areas and Volumes Menu . . . . . . . . . 2722 47 4.17.1 Acute Angle . . . . . . . . . . 2724 47 4.17.2 Barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2743 48 4.17.3 Cone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2769 48 4.17.4 Cube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2776 48 4.17.5 Cycloid . . . . . . . . . . . . 2783 48 4.17.6 Cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 2799 49 4.17.7 Ellipse . . . . . . . . . . . . 2806 49 4.17.8 Ellipsoid . . . . . . . . . . . 2813 49 4.17.9 Frustum of a Cone . . . . . . . 2820 49 4.17.10 Frustum of a Pyramid . . . . . . 2827 49 4.17.11 Hexagon . . . . . . . . . . . . 2834 49 4.17.12 Hollow Cylinder . . . . . . . . 2856 50 4.17.13 Hollow Sphere. . . . . . . . . . 2863 50 4.17.14 Obtuse Angle . . . . . . . . . . 2870 50 4.17.15 Octagon . . . . . . . . . . . . 2879 50 4.17.16 Parallelogram . . . . . . . . . 2893 50 4.17.17 Polygon . . . . . . . . . . . . 2901 50 4.17.18 Portion of a Cylinder . . . . . 2913 51 4.17.19 Prism . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2923 51 4.17.20 Pyramid . . . . . . . . . . . . 2936 51 4.17.21 Rectangle . . . . . . . . . . . 2947 51 4.17.22 Right Triangle . . . . . . . . . 2955 51 4.17.23 Spandrel/Fillet . . . . . . . . 2966 52 4.17.24 Square . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2975 52 4.17.25 Square Prism . . . . . . . . . . 2984 52 4.17.26 Sphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2992 52 4.17.27 Spherical Sector . . . . . . . . 2999 52 4.17.28 Spherical Segment . . . . . . . 3032 53 4.17.29 Spherical Wedge . . . . . . . . 3044 53 4.17.30 Spherical Zone . . . . . . . . . 3052 53 4.17.31 Torus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3063 53 4.17.32 Trapezium . . . . . . . . . . . 3082 54 4.17.33 Trapezoid . . . . . . . . . . . 3112 54 4.17.34 Wedge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3123 54 4.18 Rates Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3145 55 4.18.1 Speed and Feed for Drilling. . . 3152 55 4.18.2 Speed and Feed for Milling . . . 3404 59 4.18.3 Speed and Feed for Tapping . . . 3478 61 4.19 Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3529 62 PAGE 4 4.19.1 Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3538 62 4.19.2 Save Desktop . . . . . . . . . . 3545 62 4.19.3 Retrieve Desktop . . . . . . . . 3570 62 4.19.4 Use .BAK File. . . . . . . . . . 3595 63 5. EDITOR HELP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3615 63 ( Many editing procedures are discussed here. ) 6. QUICK-KEY CHART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4268 74 7. SPECIAL THANKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4390 77 A) PREFACE Welcome to Mr. Machinist. Mr. Machinist is a program for the machinist, the engineer, and any one else who is involved in the process of design and engineering. It was developed for the machinist who is new at computers and especially revolves around the CNC milling and turning machinist and operator. The program is a useful tool and time saver for the CAD/CAM programmer also. In fact, Mr. Machinist can give you an answer to many problems faster than the shops CAM software can start up! This easy to use menu driven program is designed to solve the every day geometry and trigonometry problems that machinist and industrial engineers encounter. Get the chord of a circular sector, convert decimal degrees to hours, minutes, and seconds, find the proper speed and feed for a machining center, view a decimal chart, use the scientific calculator for formulas, edit multiple files that were created manually or by your CAM software, insert or delete N sequence numbers from CNC text files, 'split' a large CNC text file into their appropriate program numbers instead of cutting and pasting. You also have the option to strike F1 for instant help on hundreds of subjects. These are just some of the many possibilities of Mr. Machinist. One major advantage of Mr. Machinist is its ability to continually keep an answer file of all the functions you choose. This Answer file is constantly being updated as you require answers to functions. You may view the answer file or print it at will. This answer file, called MRMSOLVE.TXT, exists on your drive only during your current session. The answer file is deleted upon exiting but you have the choice of editing it or renaming it for future reference. There are two other files that are created if certain functions are preformed and they are the Drill Speed and Feed, and the Bolt Circle function. The reason behind this is that these functions, at times, require a large file or separate piece of information. You may read about these functions in more detail in their appropriate sections of this manual. PAGE 5 The Mr. Machinist program is intended for any machine shop that wants to save time and money. Some operators of machine tools can spend a lot of time trying to figure out problems like trigonometry or getting the chord of a circle. Some of these functions require more than a few entries in a calculator and can cause a machinist to sit down and scratch his head for an hour causing all kinds of lost time. Ultimately, the best way to use the Mr. Machinist program is to put a computer in the center of the shop and let everyone who needs it use it. Buy an old used computer with a mouse and run Mr. Machinist from it. The program can run on any DOS based computer and needs no extra memory or speed requirements. B) LEGAL NOTICE Mr. Machinist is distributed as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied. The author will assume no liability for damages either from the direct use of this product or as a consequence of the use of this product. 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 WHAT IS THE MR. MACHINIST PROGRAM? Mr. Machinist is a program that was developed by a CNC machinist for other machinist, programmers and engineers. It is a menu driven, text based environment with the novice computer user in mind. Mr. Machinist's main purpose is to save time and money and increase production in a shop environment by solving math calculations with the least amount of data input. The Mr. Machinist program is not a CAD/CAM program nor is it a drawing program. It is meant to be used along with CAM software to further the programmers capabilities and speed up production time. One example is finding the chord of a circle. If you wanted to find the chord of a circle in a major CAM software package, nine times out of ten you will have to draw the circle and check the distance. It takes about ten seconds to find a chord in Mr. Machinist! Mr. Machinist can also find the solutions to many other shop math orientated calculations like trigonometry, geometry, conversions, areas and volumes, and the program can also help the machinist in calculating speeds and feeds, chip load and surface feet per minute. 1.2 WHY USE THE MR. MACHINIST PROGRAM? PAGE 6 Use Mr. Machinist to increase productivity, decrease down time, and increase machining knowledge. Mr. Machinist is also a great program to introduce to machinist who want to get into using a computer for the first time. 90% of the people in the average machine shop have never had the opportunity to acquire knowledge of computers. Here is a program that will do that and at the same time make there job a lot easier! 1.3 HISTORY OF THE MR. MACHINIST PROGRAM Version 0.5 Beta - Started developing program in October ( 1 - 19 ) of 1992 and began to release the Beta versions to major bulletin boards in January of 1993. Version 19.0 Beta - The last Beta version. ( 10-01-93 ) Version 1.00 - Released 10-31-94 1.4 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL We suggest you read the first four chapters to acquaint yourself with the basics of shareware, the requirements and options of the program, and the installation procedure. Then browse the remainder to get an idea of its content. Once the program is installed and running, refer to the references for the specific area you that you may have a question about. A HINT: This file is plain ASCII text. If you save the original and make a copy, you could insert any specific key for a text search to any topic you use frequently. You could also delete portions and modify the table of contents. Then call up the file in a second ( or third ) window in the editor and you would have an instant reference. This process would give a searchable, scrollable supplement to the on-line help from the F1 key. *< NOTE >* The editor in this program has a capacity of about 64K which is smaller than this file. You may have to break the file into pieces, or use some type of file viewer like LIST.COM possibly in a task swapper like the DOS shell. To get the most out of the Mr. Machinist program, you must read this manual carefully. It will answer any questions you might have about Mr. Machinist's operation. You are able to search through this document by line numbers if you are viewing it from a computer program. There are many programs on the market that can do this but I believe the LIST program by Vernon D. Buerg to be the best. PAGE 7 It is assumed that you have access to a DOS manual and you will try your best to get acquainted with the different commands that DOS has to offer. Even though Mr. Machinist is an easy to use menu driven program it is still a good idea get an understanding of the basics of DOS. Instead of using the phrase, 'Mr. Machinist' in this document you will see the letters 'MRM' which mean the same thing. This will save me a lot of time and space. 1.5 DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. 1.6 DISCLAIMER - Agreement Users of Mr. Machinist must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "Mr. Machinist is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of Mr. Machinist." PAGE 8 Mr. Machinist is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using Mr. Machinist and continue to use Mr. Machinist after a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment of $49.00 to F1 COMPUTING. The $49.00 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. Commercial users of Mr. Machinist must register and pay for their copies of Mr. Machinist within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Allan J. Bremer. The MRMORDER.DOC file is provided for registration. Anyone distributing Mr. Machinist for any kind of remuneration must first contact Allan J. Bremer at the address below for authorization. You are encouraged to pass a copy of Mr. Machinist along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of the Mr. Machinist system. 2. GETTING STARTED 2.1 BACKING UP YOUR DISK AND DATA The first thing you must do is to make a working copy of your original disk. Because disks are susceptible to damage, it is unwise to use the original program disk for regular use. If it is ever lost or damaged you would have to purchase a new disk or spend more time on the phone lines downloading the program. PAGE 9 If you should lose or damage the working copy, you can always use the original program disk to make another working copy. In order to make a working copy of your original disk or file you will need to use one of the DOS commands that can transfer or copy the contents of your original disk onto another disk. Here is one example that will copy ALL of the contents of one disk onto another: Let us assume that you have the Mr. Machinist program on a high density 5 1/4 disk and you want to make a backup copy on another 5 1/4 high density disk. You could use the command called DISKCOPY. One thing to keep in mind about the DISKCOPY command is that if you use it on a 5 1/4 high density disk then you have to have a 5 1/4 high density disk to copy it to. Both disk must be the same format! Insert the original disk into your drive, get onto that drive by typing its letter and a colon, ( A: ). Now type the command, ( DISKCOPY ). At this point your system will ask you to insert the SOURCE disk. The source disk is your original disk. After it reads a sufficient amount of data into your RAM memory it will ask you to insert your TARGET disk, that's your backup or working copy disk. Be careful not to get your source and target disks mixed up. If your using high density disk and there is a lot of data on it then it can take a few times of inserting the target and source. The only real way to get efficient at using DOS commands is to use them and read a book that explains DOS in a way that you can understand. Some people can learn it well from the DOS manual and others may want to go out and purchase a beginners guide to DOS. Either way, you will do yourself a favor by getting good at DOS! 2.2 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS Any IBM or IBM compatible XT computer can operate the Mr. Machinist program. XT, 286, 386, 486, it does not matter what the computer is, it will run! It does not matter what type of video adapter you have either, it will run in color, in mono, in Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA, SVGA, it's all automatic. The program does not use extended or expanded memory but it needs all the standard memory you can give it. It also has no use for a math co-processor. A mouse is an excellent way to run the Mr. Machinist program but it is not required. The Mr. Machinist program must be executed from a hard drive. It is possible for it to run on a floppy disk but it is very slow in execution and very non-productive. PAGE 10 DOS version 3.3 or above is required to run the program. It is very advisable to run your system under DOS version 5.0 or above. This version is a much better version than the older versions and it also has a little help file that you can use to get help on almost any DOS command. Many people never read their DOS manual and therefore they are lacking in the knowledge of operating system commands. If you have DOS version 5 or above a good command to remember is the help command. Let's say that you need help on the COPY command. You would type, 'COPY /?' and then on-line help will pop up. Mr. Machinist can utilize a printer also and one is highly recommended. There may be times when a CNC programmer may want to take a copy of the program to there machine for a reference. One thing that is not needed to run Mr. Machinist is an expensive computer. 2.3 FILES There are two files that are needed to run Mr. Machinist: MRM.EXE and MRMHELP.HLP. There are other files that come with the program disk but are not required to execute the program. Here is a list of the files that you should have on the distribution disk: FILE_ID.DIZ = The description file used by BBS programs. HISTORY.TXT = The history of Mr. Machinist. INSTALL.EXE = Mr. Machinist's installation program. MRMORDER.DOC = The order form to register the program. K0203.TXT = A sample CNC milling program. MRM.EXE = The main executable file. MRMANUAL.DOC = The Mr. Machinist Manual. (Your reading it!) MRMHELP.HLP = The help file. README.TXT = First time information about Mr. Machinist. WHATSNEW.TXT = New functions in this version. COMPSERV.REG = Registering the program through Compuserve. 2.4 FILES CREATED ON YOUR DRIVE Mr. Machinist Text Files ======================== The Mr. Machinist program can create, edit, and delete three different files on your hard drive upon each execution. MRMSOLVE.TXT, MRMDRILL.TXT, and MRMBOLT.TXT. PAGE 11 MRMSOLVE.TXT ============ This is a file that is created and deleted each time the program is executed. It holds all of the answers to each function except drill speeds and feeds and bolt circle calculations. This file can be viewed and printed at any time. Holding down the 'Ctrl' key and then striking 'A' will let you view this file and holding down the 'Ctrl' key and then striking 'P' will print this file. MRMDRILL.TXT ============ This is a file that is created only when you choose the drill speed and feed function. It holds all of the answers to the drill speed and feed calculations. This file can be viewed and printed at any time. Holding down the 'Ctrl' key and then striking 'D' will let you view this file and holding down the 'Ctrl' key and then striking 'T' will print this file. MRMBOLT.TXT ============ This is a file that is created only when you choose the bolt circle calculation function. It holds all of the answers to the bolt circle calculations. This file can be viewed and printed at any time. Holding down the 'Ctrl' key and then striking 'B' will let you view this file and holding down the 'Ctrl' key and then striking 'O' will print this file. =============================================================== All of these files get deleted or 'cleaned up' after you exit the program. If you would like to save these files in order to edit them later or have them available for information then you must rename them before you exit the program. You would do this by bringing them up in the editor and choosing the 'Save As' function. If for some reason the files do exist on your drive when you first execute MRM (Mr. Machinist) the program will detect this and ask you if you want to delete them or leave them alone. If you do not delete them then the new information will be appended or 'added' to the already existing files. 2.5 INSTALLATION The installation program makes it easy for a user to transfer the proper files from a disk to their hard drive. The installation program is only meant to be executed from a disk drive and not the hard drive. The files that get copied in the installation process are as follows: FILE_ID.DIZ = The description file used by BBS programs. PAGE 12 HISTORY.TXT = The history of Mr. Machinist. MRMORDER.DOC = The order form to register the program. K0203.TXT = A sample CNC milling program for tutorial. MRM.EXE = The main executable file. MRMANUAL.DOC = The Mr. Machinist Manual. (Your reading it!) MRMHELP.HLP = The help file. README.TXT = First time information about Mr. Machinist. WHATSNEW.TXT = New functions in this version. COMPSERV.REG = Registering the program through Compuserve. 2.6 QUICK START If you have been following this manual then you should have a working copy of the Mr. Machinist program and your original disk is put away some where. If your not running the program from a disk, which is true 99% of the time, then you should have two working copies of the Mr. Machinist program and also your original disk. To start-up Mr. Machinist simply enter, 'MRM'. To preform a function, hold down the 'Alt' key and strike the highlighted letter of your choice from the upper menu. If you wanted to edit a file you would hold down the 'Alt' key and then strike 'F', this will bring down the file menu. From there you could choose from a new file to one that already exists. At this time you can see all the other menus by simply pressing your right or left arrow keys. Press the 'Enter' key to view the choices under the menu item. Always remember that help is always near by simply striking the 'F1' key. Keep in mind that there will always be a file called MRMSOLVE.TXT created and deleted each time you run the program. This file holds all of your answers for viewing or printing at any time. At the end of the session, upon exit of the program, MRM will delete this file. There is a possibility of two other files being created and deleted the same way. They are MRMDRILL.TXT and MRMBOLT.TXT. The reason behind these two files being separate from the main answer file called MRMSOLVE.TXT is that they could, at times, hold a lot of information. If you wanted to calculate a bolt circle pattern with 237 holes then this file will have all of those X and Y coordinates for you to print. You also may, at times, want to know some drilling speeds and feeds and only that. MRMDRILL.TXT holds all of the hardness, speed and feed, information for you to view or print at any time. 2.7 ADDITIONAL MATERIALS It is very advisable to own your own Machinery's Handbook. The latest one at this writing is the 24th Edition. This book is considered to be the Machinist's 2nd Bible, the 1st Bible should be the real one! PAGE 13 There are many books about formulas and feed rates and engineering calculations available at your public library. There is one excellent publisher that is considered to be the main supplier of industrial books and that is the Industrial Press, Inc. Write or call them for a catalog of all their books. INDUSTRIAL PRESS, INC. 200 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10016 PHONE (212) 889-6330 2.8 REGISTRATION MR. MACHINIST (TM) for MS-DOS INDIVIDUAL USE * Diskette with programs and documentation ... $49.00 You also receive many benefits if you have a modem hooked up to your computer. Upon registration you will become a registered user with full access on Mr. Machinist and Harvest bulletin board systems. If you have never been 'through the phone lines' with the aid of a modem in your computer then your missing out on the worlds fastest source of information! Check out our bulletin board systems that specialize in engineering, machining, and games. CD-ROMs, over 2 Gigs of files and full one year access to 2 boards with just one registration! SITE LICENSE ============ The following information describes the Mr. Machinist registration fees for use on more than one computer: Site licenses are available for Mr. Machinist. A site license is needed if Mr. Machinist will be used on more than one computer. The rates of these licenses are as follows: 2 to 9 computers ..... at $39 each 10 to 24 computers ..... at $30 each 25 to 49 computers ..... at $24 each 50 to 99 computers ..... at $18 each 100 to 200 computers ..... at $14 each 200 to 500 computers ..... at $12 each Write or call for pricing on quantities over 500. PAGE 14 FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS Job log database Points/Tangent math Larger Edit Buffer Windows version in C++ News letters (Registered users) CNC Link communications Allan Bremer 125 Elmwood Ave. #1 Lockport, NY 14094 (716)434-7823 --> Voice ( Please, Not after 10:00pm ) (716)434-1448 --> Mr. Machinist BBS (14400 24hrs) (716)438-0345 --> Harvest BBS (14400 24hrs) See the file called MRMORDER.DOC for more registration information. Call the BBS to download the latest unregistered version. Here is an example of the file MRMORDER.DOC: ============================================ TO: FROM: F1 COMPUTING Name: _________________________ 125 ELMWOOD AVE. #1 LOCKPORT, NY 14094 (Company): _________________________ 716-434-7823 Voice Address: _________________________ 716-434-1448 BBS 14400 716-438-0345 BBS 14400 City: _________________________ Today's date: ___________ State, ZIP Code: _________________________ (Country): _________________________ Daytime Phone #: _________________________ FAX #: ___________________ MR. MACHINIST (TM) for MS-DOS Version 1.0 10-31-93 INDIVIDUAL USE * Diskette with programs and documentation ..... $49 _____ MULTIPLE USE * SITE LICENSE for the use of MR. MACHINIST. (INCLUDES ONE DISKETTE WITH PROGRAMS AND DOCUMENTATION.) 2 to 9 computers .. at $39 each # computers ___x 39 ____ 10 to 24 computers .. at $30 each # computers ___x 30 ____ PAGE 15 25 to 49 computers .. at $24 each # computers ___x 24 ____ 50 to 99 computers .. at $18 each # computers ___x 18 ____ 100 to 199 computers .. at $14 each # computers ___x 14 ____ 200 to 500 computers .. at $12 each # computers ___x 12 ____ WRITE OR CALL FOR PRICING ON QUANTITIES OVER 500. Extra program disk & documentation with purchase of SITE LICENSES OF 2 OR MORE available at $8.00 each. ___x 5 __ Shipping & Handling (Postal) US & Canada $5.00/item Outside US & Canada $11.25/item _____ NEW YORK RESIDENTS add applicable State & County Sales Tax____ TOTAL ENCLOSED US FUNDS US$________ Upon registration of this product you will also become a registered user with full access to the Mr. Machinist BBS and the Harvest BBS. That means a full one year access to two boards with Gigs of files! Registered users will receive upgrades for 50% of the current registration fee and registered site licenses will receive upgrades for 25% of current registration fees for life. MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. 2.9 CUSTOMIZATION If there are certain formulas or functions and/or procedures that your company or you would like to see in MRM let us know on the registration order form. You or your place of employment may use a standard formula that requires a lot of input and time to get the result. Well, with Mr. Machinist you only need input the known values and all other formulas are done instantly! Still figuring out formula upon formula using your little calculator? Get it into Mr. Machinist and get productive! Customization can be done for registered users. The cost depends upon the time and size of the procedure but most formulas can be implemented at the standard cost of 50% of the registration fee. For further information on customization, contact the author at the address given. 3. SUPPORT POLICIES PAGE 16 3.1 TECHNICAL SUPPORT BBS The author of the Mr. Machinist program does have a 24 hour bulletin board system for users to call and download the latest shareware version from. New users are welcome to call any time and visit. Of course in order to accomplish this you need a modem connected to your computer so you can access the phone lines. Call at 2400 buad rate, 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit, these are standard settings in most communication software packages. Registered users will have a higher access level and therefore they will be able to download the latest registered version at any time. Mr. Machinist BBS: (716)434-1448 2400 - 14400 Baud Harvest BBS: (716)438-0345 2400 - 14400 Baud 3.2 VOICE CALLS There is a customer service number for registered users to call. If unregistered users wish to speak to the author to confirm his existence or to give comments and suggestions then they are free to do so. We cannot, however, accept collect calls. Customer service phone number: (716) 434-7823 3.3 MAIL If you have comments or suggestions or bug reports then you can certainly send them in the mail. When you register you will print and fill out the included file called MRMORDER.DOC and send it to: F1 COMPUTING 125 ELMWOOD AVE. #1 LOCKPORT, NY 14094 4. REFERENCE 4.1 INTRODUCTION The reference section of this manual is designed to give you the information you need to understand the functions of the Mr. Machinist program and at the same time to explain the reasoning behind some of the methods. It takes you through all of the functions of the program and gives you many hints on how to operate the program in such a way as to give you peak performance and productivity. Remember, if your viewing this file from your computer you may use a program like LIST by Vernon D. Buerg (c) and use the line number functions to search the document. The line number functions for the list program are the '+', '-', and the '#' keys. If you hold Shift and strike the '#' key you will be prompted for the line number to go to. PAGE 17 If you strike the '+' key you will be prompted for the line number to go to forward from the point you are at. If you strike the '-' key you will be prompted for the line number to go to backward from the point you are at. This method makes it very simple to get to where you want to be in the document at any given time. 4.2 BRINGING UP MENUS In this type of standard interface you will find there are many different ways to do the same thing. You can strike the 'F10' key and the cursor will enter into the top menu words. From there you can move your arrow keys to the left or right to land on the menu of your choice. Once your on the menu title you can then strike 'Enter' and the menu will be 'pulled down' for your viewing. Using your arrow keys once again you can go up or down in the menu to highlight your choice. When your menu choice is highlighted you may strike 'Enter' to 'pop up' your menu. The fastest method of menuing in Mr. Machinist is by using your mouse to point and shoot. To bring up a menu using this method you would double click on the menu title to pull down the menu and then double click on your menu choice to execute the function. For right handed people the left mouse button is used to double click. If your left handed you can use the mouse option in Mr. Machinist to switch buttons so that the right mouse button is the execute switch. Keep in mind that there is a time limit to your double clicking. If you double click too slow your choice will not be executed. Mr. Machinist does have an option that you can choose in order to slow down or speed up your mouse double click. 4.3 MOVING AROUND In no time at all you will begin to feel at home with this type of interface or 'look'. As you get familiar with the program you will learn to 'drag' the windows around, edit files, print, and do math functions without ever getting rid of a window. This type of interface is used very widely in the computer environment. The things you will learn while using this program will be used in many other programs that you come across. 4.4 ENTERING DATA In order to get answers you must give questions and the way to give questions in MRM is to input data in input lines. The two most important keys that have to do with an input line is the 'Tab' key and the 'Shift' key. PAGE 18 These are the keys that cycle you through the dialog boxes. In other words you can move to the different choices in a dialog box by using these keys. Using a mouse you would have to click once in the input line and you will be ready for input. Some input lines will only take certain types of data. In most input lines you will be expected to insert numerical data and not letters. If you happen to input the wrong type of data into an input line, you will be displayed an error message telling you what you did wrong and then you will be taken back to the dialog box so you can start over again. 4.5 THE TITLE BAR Every window has a title bar. The title bar is simply the name of the file that is associated with this particular window. The title bar of a dialog box us usually an indicator as to the function of that dialog. ╔═[■]═════ Title ═════[ ]═╗ <--Title Bar ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════─┘ <--Resize corner 4.6 SYSTEMS DATE If your computer system has the proper date set then MRM will display today's date at the top right of your screen. Today's date will also be inserted automatically into the answer file called MRMSOLVE.TXT which is created on your hard drive each time the program is executed or run. You will also observe the date that the program and help file was compiled or created. From the main program you can do an 'Alt-F1' and the 'about' information box will be displayed. An 'Alt-F1' is done by holding down the 'Alt' key and then tapping the F1 key. After you tap 'F1' you then let up on the 'Alt' key. 4.7 EXITING MR. MACHINIST You exit MRM by 'Alt-X', clicking on the bottom portion of the screen over the letters 'Alt-X', or pulling down the file menu and then selecting 'Alt-X'. You will find that through out MRM there will be many ways to do the same thing. This gives you the chance to do what you like to do best. PAGE 19 In the shareware version of the program you will be asked if you would like to print a registration invoice so you can be a registered user. If you choose 'Yes' you will print a copy of the file MRMORDER.DOC on your printer. If your printer is not working properly for some reason then you will be displayed an Error box telling you that there is a problem. If you choose 'No' from the print invoice message you will exit with a information message just before DOS takes over. These 'nag' screens will not appear in a registered version. An unregistered shareware version of MRM is a little slow due to these start and finish nag screens. To be productive with the program you must become a registered user. 4.8 MANIPULATING WINDOWS Many windows can be open at one time while your using MRM. At times there may be windows that are blocking the view of other windows, this is when a user needs to know how to manipulate windows quickly. Windows are manipulated by the mouse, the keyboard, or both mouse and keyboard. Manipulation is done by resizing and/or moving. 4.8.1 USING A MOUSE TO MOVE WINDOWS You can move a window using the mouse by aiming for the 'header' of the window and then 'dragging' the mouse. The header is the top double line of a window and it usually has a file name at the top or a caption. To 'drag' the mouse means to click the mouse and hold the button down while moving the mouse around. Once you get to where you want to be you release the button. You can resize the window using the mouse by 'dragging' the lower right hand corner of the window. The resize corner looks different than any other corner of the window. To 'zoom' a window using the mouse you must double click anywhere on the top line of a window. When this is done the window will take up all of the screen except the program headers and footers. If you double click the top of the window again it will go back to it's original size. You can activate a window by clicking anywhere on it or in it. The active window is shown by a double outlined box and all the other windows are single lined. Always remember, some windows may be hidden by other windows and therefore you can't find them to click on them! PAGE 20 Well, no problem, you could either move your windows around to see if there are other windows behind them or you can strikethe 'F6' key which is the 'next' key. Using the 'next' function you will be cycled through the windows in the order that they were brought up. To close a window using the mouse you would go to the upper left of any window and there you will see a small box that is enclosed in brackets, that is the 'close box'. Clicking on the close box will close the window for good. 4.8.2 USING THE KEYBOARD TO MOVE WINDOWS To fastest way to access the windows menu is to use 'Alt-W'. This will bring up the windows menu. You will notice six different choices: Resize/move Ctrl-F5 Zoom F5 Next F6 Close Alt-F3 Tile Cascade To resize a window using the keyboard you would highlight the Resize/move menu choice and then strike 'Enter'. Of course for this function to work you have to have a window open in the first place. After you strike 'Enter' you will notice that the window border goes from a double line to a single line. This indicates that the computer is in the process of manipulating that window. You will not be able to strike other keys or do other functions until your move is complete. When the window has a single line border it is ready and waiting to be moved. You now must use the arrow keys to move the window in the size that it is now at. If you want to make the window smaller or larger you hold down the 'Shift' key while you use the arrow keys. Using these two methods you can place a window anywhere on the screen and make it any size you want. After you have completed the move or resize you must do one last important thing, strike the 'Enter' key to complete the process! If you forget to do this you might think that you locked up your computer when all you really need to do is to strike 'Enter'. To 'Zoom' a window to full size and then back to its previous state you would toggle the 'F5' key or highlight the menu choice and strike 'Enter'. To toggle means to go off and on, back and forth, etc. The 'F6' key is the 'Next' key which cycles you through your open windows. This function is activated by actually striking the 'F6' key or highlighting the 'Next' key using your arrow keys and then striking 'Enter'. PAGE 21 To 'Close' a window use 'Alt-F3' or highlight the 'Close' menu choice using your arrow keys and then strike 'Enter'. To 'Tile' a window means to place all windows that are currently open, next to each other. The meaning of the word lies behind floor tile. When you look at a floor that has tile on it you will notice that all the squares are next to each other. This is just how the 'Tile' function works. To activate this function you would highlight the 'Tile' menu choice and then strike 'Enter'. To 'Cascade' a window means to place one window on top of another while letting the previous windows header be exposed. To activate this function you would highlight the 'Cascade' function and then strike 'Enter'. 4.9 THE HELP FILE ( F5 will Resize it ) The help file is one of the major functions of MRM. It is basically a huge book with many cross references. When you see words that are highlighted in yellow you can 'click' on them for there cross reference. If you have a monochrome monitor you will notice the difference of these words by a brighter color. If you do not have a mouse you can use the 'Tab' key to access the cross references. You will also notice that you can go to an index by striking 'Enter' at any time while your in the help file. The index is actually a dictionary of manufacturing terms geared toward a Machinist or Industrial Engineer. The help file is actually the manual on-line! There is a help function for everything in MRM! If at any time you you have a question about what you are doing or your stuck at comprehending a certain function then you should go to the help file. This help file is growing rapidly as new versions of MRM come out. There basically is no limit on the size of the help file so maybe it will eventually be a machinist handbook on line! There is much more information in the help file than one may expect. Decimal charts, formulas, G and M code definitions, manufacturing history, machining hints, and much more. 4.10 DATE, TIME, AND SCREEN SAVER The date that your system has accepted will be shown in the upper right hand corner at the top of the screen. This date should be today's date. If it is not then you should re-set your systems date by using the DATE command through DOS. PAGE 22 If you have the wrong date on your systemthen all the files that your system creates will have the wrong creation date and time stamped in them. The time is shown in the lower right hand corner of the screen. This is the system time and it should be set the same way as the date. If it is wrong then you should use the TIME command through DOS. There is a screen saver in the Mr. Machinist program that helps computer monitors from burn-in. This especially helps monochrome monitors because they are easily done in by burn-in. There is no option for a user to set the time of the screen saver activation at this time. Possibly in future versions this option will be installed. For the time being, the screen saver is set to begin after five minutes of nothing happening. If you touch a key or move the mouse then the count down will begin all over again. The message that the screen saver will display can be customized by registered users when they specify on the registration form. The shareware version shows: 'Strike Esc key to return to Mr. Machinist' 4.11 FILE MENU The file menu brings down a menu full of choices that have to do with editing and printing files. This menu also has the change directory function which helps you search certain directories without typing in full file names. There is also a Dos Shell function within this menu that 'shells' you out to DOS. To 'shell' out means to leave your program temporarily and go into DOS so you can execute other programs. Keep in mind that when you do this, Mr. Machinist still takes up a little memory so do not try to execute a program that uses a lot of memory or you will not be able to execute it. To get back into your program after shelling out type 'EXIT' at the DOS command line. One thing you can also do to make DOS shell easier is to write a small batch file so that when you strike E a batch file called E.BAT executes and gives the command EXIT. The last command in the file menu is the 'Alt-X' or 'Esc' command. This command will exit Mr. Machinist. Strike it any time to exit the program. If your editing a file and you have not saved it, the program will ask you to save it before exiting. 4.11.1 File Menu - Open PAGE 23 To access the 'Open' menu choice using the keyboard you must use 'Alt-F' to first bring down the file menu and then strike 'Enter'. You do not need to use the arrow keys to highlight the menu choice if it is your first time into the 'File Menu' because the 'Open' menu choice will already be highlighted by default seeing that it is the first choice on the list. Using the mouse you would click on the 'File' menu and then click on the 'Open' line. The ultimate way to get to the 'Open a File' dialog box is to strike the 'F3' key! This will open a file selection dialog box that will display all the files in your current directory. At the top is an input line under the 'Name' designation. You may type in the file name of your choice and then strike 'Enter'. You do have the option of using wild card characters. If you do not know the name of the file you want to edit or the file is in another directory then you have two choices in the method of retrieval. 1) From the file menu select, 'Change Dir'. A directory selection box will appear and you can use the keyboard or the mouse to highlight your choice, then strike 'Enter' or double click with the mouse to get to that directory. Then the 'Change Dir' box will display the files and sub-directories of that particular choice. At that point you can highlight the file name of your choice and strike 'Enter' or double click. 2) If you do not know the name of the file you want to edit then you will have to search for it. If you remember the first few characters of the file name, you could use wild cards to cause the selection box to display only those files that meet your criteria. Example: RA??.* will show you all files that start with RA and have one or two characters after it and any extension or no extension. RAT.TXT RA.DOC RA RA55 If you type a file name in the input line that does not exist and then strike 'Enter', the editor will create and open an empty file for you by that name. PAGE 24 You will notice a down arrow symbol to the right of the input line, this is a history list, a list of names you have already used. You have the option to choose file names from it by highlighting the file and striking enter or double clicking it with your mouse. Choosing the 'Open' box will load the file you have chosen into a new edit window. The file list box is the largest box of the file selection dialog box. This box will show you every file that matches up to your specifications in the input line above it. It will also display the child and parent directories of the current directory. (You can further your understanding of the principles of directories and sub-directories by referring to your DOS manual.) There are some helpful functions you can use while your in the file list box. One way to get into the file list box is to strike 'Enter' after you have chosen 'Open' from the 'File' menu. Another way is to click on any file name in the box with your mouse. Your 'Tab' key on the key board will cycle you through the many choices of your file selection box in one direction, while holding down the 'Shift' key and then striking 'Tab' will cycle you through in the other direction. The Page Up and Down keys will let you view more files if there are more than can fit in one windows view port. The arrow keys will cycle you through individually. When your in the file list box you can also type a lower case letter to search for a file name that starts with that letter. If you type a second letter, it will search for the file name with the first letter you typed and the second letter you typed. You can continue this for all file letters or number characters. If you type a capital letter you will search for a directory name in the same manner. At the bottom of the file dialog box is an information panel. This will tell you all of the information of the file that is currently highlighted. 4.11.2 File Menu - New The 'New' command will bring up an edit window with no title. At that time you can start editing a new file. If you want to save it you can bring up the file menu and choose 'Save as' or 'Save'. PAGE 25 Either way you will be asked to give the file a name because it does not have a name and it needs one. If you try to 'Exit' the program without saving it you will be asked if you want to save it or not. It's always a good idea to save the file your working on about every 5 minutes or so. 4.11.3 File Menu - Save The 'Save' menu will save a named file to your disk. You will be asked to give the file a name if you try to save an un-named file. You must be editing a file before this can be active. If your editing a file that is already named, the 'Save' command will save the file without showing you a thing. You'll see your hard drive light come on if your saving it to the hard drive or you will see your floppy lights light up. The fastest way to save a named file is to strike the F2 key! 4.11.4 File Menu - Save as Save text in the current window to disk under a new file name. You are asked to which file you would like to save the text. The file may be an existing disk file, or a new file. Once your text is saved, you can continue using the editor on the current edit window. Note that the window title will change to reflect your new file name. This command is disabled until you open an edit window. 4.11.5 File Menu - Save Done Save text in the current window to disk and close the edit window. If your window is titled UNTITLED, you will be asked to supply a file name. Otherwise, the text is saved to disk using the current window title. This command is disabled until you open an edit window. 4.11.6 File Menu - Print PAGE 26 You will be able to search through a dialog box and choose the file that you would like to print. If you are editing a file or files and you would like to print one of them, then strike 'F8'. You may print the current file that is being edited by striking the 'F8' key. A window will pop up asking you if you really want to print the current file. Using the mouse you may click on yes, strike 'spacebar' or 'Enter' and your file will print. Strike the 'Esc' key to exit and say no, or you may click on the 'no' button. This will open a file selection dialog box that will display all the files in your current directory. At the top is an input line under the 'Name' designation. You may type in the file name of your choice and then strike 'Enter'. You do have the option of using wild card characters. If you do not know the name of the file you want to print or the file is in another directory then you have two choices in the method of retrieval. 1) From the file menu select, 'Change Dir'. A directory selection box will appear and you can use the key board or the mouse to highlight your choice, then strike enter or double click with the mouse to get to that directory. Then the 'Change Dir' box will display the files and sub-directories of that particular choice. At that point you can highlight the file name of your choice and strike 'Enter' or double click to print that particular file. 2) If you do not know the name of the file you want to print then you will have to search for it. If you remember the first few characters of the file name, you could use wild cards to cause the selection box to display only those files that meet your criteria. Example: RA??.* will show you all files that start with RA and have one or two characters after it and any extension or no extension. RAT.TXT, RA.DOC, RA, RA55 If you type a file name in the input line that does not exist and then strike 'Enter', an error will occur and you will be told that there is no such file in that path, by that name. You will notice a down arrow symbol to the right of the input line, this is a history list, a list of names you have already used. PAGE 27 You have the option to choose file names from it by highlighting the file and striking enter or double clicking it with your mouse. Choosing the 'Open' box will print the file you have chosen. The file list box is the largest box of the file selection dialog box. This box will show you every file that matches up to your specifications in the input line above it. It will also display the child and parent directories of the current directory. (You can further your understanding of the principles of directories and sub-directories by referring to your DOS manual.) There are some helpful functions you can use while your in the file list box. One way to get into the file list box is to strike 'Enter' after you have chosen 'Open' from the 'File' menu. Another way is to click on any file name in the box with your mouse. Your 'Tab' key on the key board will cycle you through the many choices of your file selection box in one direction, while holding down the 'Shift' key and then striking 'Tab' will cycle you through in the other direction. The Page Up and Down keys will let you view more files if there are more than can fit in one windows view port. The arrow keys will cycle you through individually. When your in the file list box you can also type a lower case letter to search for a file name that starts with that letter. If you type a second letter, it will search for the file name with the first letter you typed and the second letter you typed. You can continue this for all file letters or number characters. If you type a capital letter you will search for a directory name in the same manner. At the bottom of the file dialog box is an information panel. This will tell you all of the information of the file that is currently highlighted. 4.11.7 File Menu - Print Answer File There is a file that is created on your drive each and every time you execute MRM called MRMSOLVE.TXT. This file holds the answers to every function that is executed in the program. It gives the date and time of file creation and neatly formats your answers so that you may choose to print them out at any time by holding down the 'Ctrl' key and then tapping the 'P' key. PAGE 28 MRMSOLVE.TXT is not something that is in memory, it is a file that gets written to every time you do a math function in the program and it gets deleted upon program exit. If you choose to keep the file for later reference you must rename the file. 4.11.8 File Menu - Show Answer File 'Ctrl-F1' will bring up the answer file called MRMSOLVE.TXT in the editor for you to view or edit. This is the file that contains all of your answers to the current session. 4.11.9 File Menu - Change Directory From the 'File' menu select, 'Change Dir'. The 'Change Directory' box will appear and you can use the key board or double click the mouse to highlight your choice, then strike 'Enter' or double click to enter that directory into the input line. At that point you can click the mouse on the 'OK' button or strike 'K' to make the choice valid and make this directory the default one. If you choose the 'Chdir' button you will make the input lines directory your choice also but it will not continue to be the default. Your 'Tab' key on the key board will cycle you through the many choices of the 'Change Directory' box in one direction, while holding down the 'Shift' key and then striking 'Tab' will cycle you through in the other direction. The Page Up and Down keys will let you view more directories in the directory tree list box if there are more than can fit in one windows view port. The arrow keys will cycle you through individually. If you type a directory name in the input line that does not exist and then strike 'Enter', or click on 'OK' you will get an error message that says, "Invalid drive or directory". You will notice a down arrow symbol to the right of the input line, this is a history list, a list of directories that you have already used. You have the option to choose from it by highlighting the directory and striking 'Enter' or double clicking it. Choosing the 'Revert' button makes your previous choice the current directory. 4.11.10 File Menu - Dos Shell PAGE 29 To 'shell' out means to leave your program temporarily and go into DOS so you can execute other programs. Keep in mind that when you do this, Mr. Machinist still takes up a little memory so do not try to execute a program that uses a lot of memory or you will not be able to execute it. To get back into your program after shelling out type 'EXIT' at the DOS command line. One thing you can also do to make DOS shell easier is to write a small batch file so that when you strike 'E' a batch file called E.BAT executes and gives the command EXIT. If you need more information on creating BATCH files you can look into a DOS manual. Remember that the library has rows of computer books to! 4.11.11 File Menu - Print Registration Invoice This option will check to see if your printer is online and then it will print an invoice so that you can register this software. For a $49.00 registration fee you will become a registered user of the Mr. Machinist individual program license for use on one computer only. As a registered user you will also have full access to the Mr. Machinist BBS and the Harvest BBS. For SITE LICENSE REGISTRATION and other information see the enclosed file called MRMORDER.DOC. To view the order form before you print it, tap your 'tab' key. That will cause the cursor to shoot down to the first help word which in this case is MRMORDER.DOC. Once the phrase is highlighted you can strike the 'Enter' key to view the document. 4.11.12 File Menu - Sequence a CNC File A sequence number is usually the first word that appears in a block or sentence of a text file for CNC machines. There are two main reasons behind a sequence number. 1) Lets the operator know which line the machine is currently processing. 2) Provides the operator a way to search or find a particular line. These sequence numbers usually go to four digits and begin with an N. PAGE 30 The very first line of a CNC program or 'text file' always begins with an O on the CNC machine but not always in a file on a personal computer. Here is an example of a G and M code file with sequence numbers: :0203 (05-07-93) N0005 (ARM-ROCKER) N0010 (123456 JOB#1234) N0015 G00 G17 G40 G49 G80 N0020 G30 G91 Z0 N0025 T01M6 N0030 (.625 EMILL) N0035 G55 G90 G00 X-.65 Y0.0 N0040 S1800 M03 N0045 G43 Z1. H12 N0050 M08 N0055 Z.1 N0060 G01 Z-.031 F20.0 N0065 X.65 F5.0 The Mr. Machinist program has a function in it that can insert N sequence numbers into an un-sequenced G and M code file on the personal computer. If there are already scrambled sequence numbers in the file it would be wise to remove the sequence numbers using the remove function and then re-sequence the file using this function. To Insert Sequence Numbers into a File ====================================== You will be displayed the file dialog box and you will be in the file name input line. Input the file name to sequence. 4.11.13 File Menu - Un-Sequence a CNC File The Mr. Machinist program has a function in it that can remove N sequence numbers from a CNC text file on your computer. You will be asked for the name of the directory and file that you want the N numbers removed from and the new file name. If the new file exists on your drive you will be shown an error box and then you will start the process over. If the new file name is the same as the old file name you will be prompted to verify the write over procedure. It is advisable to give the file name a different name so you can view the way it was un-sequenced and not be afraid of loosing the old one. PAGE 31 The removal function will un-sequence every line except lines that do not have N sequence numbers in them. 4.11.14 File Menu - Split a CNC File Before we get into 'Split a CNC File' let's begin with clearing a CNC's memory: Clear Your CNC's Memory ======================= Some machine shops have to download there CNC files to a personal computer in an office some where. Many shops now are supplying there workers with computers right on there bench near there machine. As a CNC's control gets filled with programs it can become full and cause the operator to have to download one or more programs to make memory enough for the current program to load. Many CNC controls offer a function that lets them download ALL files in the CNC's memory to ONE file on the personal computer. This is the fastest method of clearing the CNC memory. There is just one big problem that people face when they have this huge file on there computer with many programs all in one file! They have to manually cut and paste to get even one program back to the CNC. Mr. Machinist has a one of a kind function in it that can 'split' a large file that has been downloaded from a CNC. The purpose of this function is to rewrite ALL of the individual programs to separate files on the personal computer and they are named by there four digit program number just as they were on the CNC with an additional extension of .TXT. The main purpose of the 'Split' function is to split a large text file that was downloaded to a personal computer by a CNC machine into all of the original separate programs. You would have to manually cut and paste using an editor to do this if you did not have this function to work with and that would take a lot of time and money! Mr. Machinist will ask you for the file name of the large text file and then it will look for the first occurrence of a line that starts with a ':'. Once it finds the colon Mr. Machinist will get the next four digits and add an extension of .TXT to it and give the new file the proper program number. It will then begin to copy every line after the colon to the new file until it reaches a blank line. PAGE 32 Once a blank line is encountered the program will look for the next occurrence of a ':' which should be the next line. At that time the same process occurs until every file is written to the specified directory. The split function will show the MRMSOLVE.TXT answer file after the process is complete. If a file was found to already exist on your drive and the split function could not create the file then you will be shown an error message stating that the file already exist. These error messages will go to the answer file also in order that you can view the results at the end of the function. If a file exists you can either rename it or delete it out of your system and then run the split function again. The files that were already created will not be created again. After this process is complete, the original large file will still remain for you to decide what you want to do with it. One little note: A good CNC programmer should know a lot about DOS. Read manuals carefully and study to show thyself approved! 4.11.15 File Menu - Exit Mr. Machinist If you hold down the 'Alt' key with one finger and strike the 'X' key with another finger you will exit the program. The only reason that you may not be able to exit is that you may have some active windows on your desk top that you need to close or your editing a file that has been modified and not saved. 4.12 EDIT MENU This menu allows you to cut, copy, and paste text to and from the clipboard. You can also undelete your last text operation, clear selected text from your document without putting it into the clipboard, or view current clipboard contents. The Edit menu gives you six choices that have to do with editing a file. 1. Undo - Undeletes the last line deleted or changed. 2. Cut - Removes selected text from file to clipboard. 3. Copy - Copies selected text to clipboard. 4. Paste - Copies text from clipboard to file. PAGE 33 5. Show - Shows context of clipboard. 6. Clear - Removes selected text without going to clipboard. 4.12.1 Edit Menu - Undo [Ctrl]-[Q]-[L] Undo your last text operation. Whether you entered text that you don't really want, or accidentally deleted some text you would like to restore, UNDO will restore the text to its original context. However, you must select UNDO before you use any cursor key. The UNDO buffer is based on cursor movement. As long as you are entering or deleting text you can UNDO it. This also applies to marking blocks of text and deleting them. The deletion can be undone, as long as you don't move the cursor with a cursor key (i.e., [PgUp], [Right-Arrow], [Home], etc.). Once the cursor is moved, the UNDO buffer flushes itself and the original text context is forever gone. This does not apply to using any of the text reformatting keys. Wordwrap can not be undone. Nor can paragraph or document reformatting. This command is disabled until you enter or delete text in an edit window. 4.12.2 Edit Menu - Cut [Shift]-[Del] [Ctrl]-[K]-[Y] Cut selected text out of your document to the clipboard. Using CUT indicates that you want to "cut" your selected text, removing the text from your document. This command is disabled until you place text on the clipboard. 4.12.3 Edit Menu - Copy [Ctrl]-[Ins] [Ctrl]-[K]-[K] Copy selected text to the clipboard. Using COPY indicates that you want to take a "copy" of your selected text, leaving the text in your document intact. This command is disabled until you place text on the clipboard. PAGE 34 4.12.3 Edit Menu - Paste [Shift]-[Ins] [Ctrl]-[K]-[C] Paste text into your document from the clipboard. In order to use this option, text must have been placed on the clipboard previously using COPY or CUT commands. This command is disabled until you place text on the clipboard. 4.12.4 Edit Menu - Show Clipboard Show Clipboard Contents Alt-E-S View the contents of the clipboard. The clipboard will be blank unless you previously put something on it using the COPY or CUT commands. To exit the clipboard, press [Alt]-[F3] and you will return to your current edit window. 4.12.5 Edit Menu - Clear Clear - Removes selected text without going to clipboard. Selected text is that text which you highlight in your document. Once text has been selected, you may COPY, CUT, or CLEAR the text. Selected text has a different color than regular text. Clear selected text from your document. This is much like the CUT option, but the selected text is not put on the clipboard. Use this command only if you want to delete selected text for good. This command is disabled until you select text. 4.13 WINDOWS MENU This menu allows you to navigate amongst the different windows open on the desktop, resize or move a window, or arrange your windows in a tile or cascade pattern on the desktop. The Windows menu gives you six window manipulation choices. PAGE 35 1. Resize/move - Use arrow keys or shift-arrow keys to move or resize. 2. Zoom - F5 will toggle off and on the 'zoom' window function. 3. Next - F6 will toggle between active windows. 4. Close - Alt-F3 will close the current window. 5. Tile - View all edit windows. 6. Cascade - Stacks all edit windows. 4.13.1 Windows Menu - Resize/Move There are two windows that can be resized, the edit window and the help window. All windows can be moved. Learning to resize and move windows at a good pace can really speed up the job of multiple editing and/or viewing multiple formula answers. Using the mouse is the quickest way to resize and/or move a window. To resize a window using the mouse, 'drag' the mouse on the lower right corner of the window. To 'drag' the mouse means to hold down the left mouse button while you have the mouse cursor positioned on a certain item. As you hold down the left mouse button on the lower right corner, begin to move the mouse around. You will now see that the window resizes from the lower right position. The window will stay at its current position as soon as you take your finger off of the mouse. To resize a window using the keyboard, you hold down the 'Alt' key and then strike 'W'. This will pop down the 'Window menu'. Strike the 'R' key to resize a window. After striking the 'R' key you can use the arrow keys to resize the window. When you have the window where you want it, strike the 'Enter' key. This will take you out of the resize mode. To move a window using the mouse you drag the mouse on the top heading of the window. The top heading of a window is the wording that is centered on the top line of the current window. To move a window using the keyboard you should hold down the 'Alt' key and then strike the 'W' key and the 'Window menu' will pop down. Then strike the 'M' key and you will be able to move the window using the arrow keys. 4.13.2 Windows Menu - Zoom The zoom icon is located in the upper right corner of most windows. PAGE 36 It means that this window can be zoomed in on to fill the whole desktop or can bezoomed out of to resume its normal size. Not all windows can be zoomed. Dialog boxes are usually not "zoomable." Zoom Icon [] ╔═[■]═════ Title ═════[ ]═╗ <--Title Bar ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════─┘ <--Resize corner 4.13.3 Windows Menu - Next [F6] Go to the next window on the desktop, if you have multiple windows on the desktop. This command is disabled unless there is at least one window on the desktop. 4.13.4 Windows Menu - Close The close icon appears in the upper left corner of almost every window. By clicking on it with your mouse, you can quickly close a window. If you are not using a mouse, press [Alt]-[F3] or [Esc]. Close Icon:[■] ╔═[■]═════ Title ═════[ ]═╗ <--Title Bar ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════─┘ <--Resize corner PAGE 37 4.13.4 Windows Menu - Tile Arrange all windows on the desktop in a tile pattern. An example of four windows tiled on the desktop would look like this: ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ╔[■]═══════1═[ ]╗┌────────────2──┐ │ │ ║ ║│ │ │ │ ║ ║│ │ │ │ ║ ║│ │ │ │ ╚═══════════════╝└───────────────┘ │ │ ┌────────────3──┐┌────────────4──┐ │ │ │ ││ │ │ │ │ ││ │ │ │ │ ││ │ │ │ └───────────────┘└───────────────┘ │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ Tiled Windows This command is disabled unless there is at least one window on the desktop. 4.13.5 Windows Menu - Cascade Arrange all windows on the desktop in a cascade pattern. An example of four windows cascaded on the desktop would look like this: ┌──────────────────────────1─┐ │┌─────────────────────────2─┐ ││┌────────────────────────3─┐ │││╔[■]═════════════════4═[ ]╗ │││║ ║ │││║ ║ │││║ ║ │││║ ║ │││║ ║ └└└╚═════════════════════════╝ Cascaded Windows This command is disabled unless there is at least one window on the desktop. 4.14 SEARCH MENU The Search menu is used to find certain text in a file and this function can also search and replace chosen text with new text. This menu has three functions to choose from. PAGE 38 1. Find - Finds the text of your choice. 2. Replace - Finds text and then replaces it with new text. 3. Search again - Do another search using the same choice. 4.14.1 Search Menu - Find [Ctrl]-[Q]-[F] Type in the text that you wish to find. You can also press the down arrow key to bring up a history list of the last text you looked for. Clicking the mouse on the history list icon to the right of the input line will do the same thing. You have two options available when trying to find text. You can do a case sensitive search, which means text must match the case of the text you entered before a match is found. You may search for whole words only, which means that no match will be found if the text you input is part of a word (i.e, TIME -- "sometime" is NOT a match). You use the mouse or up/down arrow keys to highlight the option you want, and click on it or press the spacebar to toggle it on/off. Find a particular bit of text in your document. A dialog box will appear asking you what text to find, and gives you the option of finding text that is case sensitive or whole words only. [Ctrl-L] will let you do a find action or a search and replace action again. This command is disabled until you open an edit window. 4.14.1 Search Menu - Replace Type in the replacement text you want. You can also press the down arrow key to bring up a history list of the last replacement text. Clicking the mouse on the history list icon to the right of the input line will do the same thing. The first two options are for finding text. You can do a case sensitive search, which means text must match the case of the text you entered before a match is found. PAGE 39 You may search for whole words only, which means that no match will be found if the text you input is part of a word (i.e, TIME -- "sometime" is NOT a match). You use the mouse or up/down arrow keys to highlight the option you want, and click on it or press the spacebar to toggle it on/off. 4.14.2 Search Menu - Search Again [Ctrl-L] This function will let you continue a search or a search and replace function without starting all over again. 4.15 CIRCLE MENU The Circle menu is filled with math functions that have everything to do with circles. There are seven main functions. 1. Circ. Segment -Find the angle, chord, height, or Radius. 2. Circle Area - Find the surface area of a circle. 3. Circ. Ring - Find the surface area of a circular ring. 4. Circ. Ring Sector Area - Same as 3 but only a section. 5. Circ. Sector Area - Find a circular sector area. Only two inputs needed. 6. Circumference - Find circle circumference. 7. Three Points - Find X and Y center and radius of a circle. 4.15.1 Circle Menu - Circle Segment This function allows a user to find the Chord, Height, Radius, Total Segment Angle, and Arc Length from two knowns. There are two instances where there can be no solution, knowing just the Chord and Arc Length or the Height and Arc Length. The first step is to input the two known pieces of information. Certain types of input are not feasible. Take for example a Height input that is greater than or equal to the Radius. If the Height is greater than the Radius, subtract the Radius from the Height. Another example of improper input is a Chord that is greater than the Diameter of the Circle. PAGE 40 Remember that your answers not only go to a dialog box but also to a file that exists on your hard drive called MRMSOLVE.TXT. This file can be viewed or printed at any time. 4.15.2 Circle Menu - Circle Area This choice simply finds the area of a given circle diameter. Input the Diameter of the Circle you would like to find the Area for. Area = Pie x Radius Squared 4.15.3 Circle Menu - Circular Ring Area This function will find the Area of a Circular Ring. Input the Outside Diameter and then the Inside Diameter. Area = Pie x (OD² - ID²) 4.15.4 Circle Menu - Circular Ring Sector Area This function is able to give you the Area of the Sector of a Circular Ring. You need to know three things: the Angle of the Sector, the OD and the ID. Area of a Circular Ring Sector Formula ====================================== ( OR = Outer Radius, IR = Inner Radius ) ((Sector Angle x Pie) / 360)) x (OR² - IR²) 4.15.5 Circle Menu - Circular Sector Area This function gives you a choice of entering the two knowns and then calculates the answer. You may either enter the Radius and Angle, Radius and Arc Length, Radius and Area, Angle and Arc Length, Angle and Area, or Area and Arc Length...any combination is possible! 4.15.6 Circle Menu - Circumference This function will find the Circumference of a Circle. PAGE 41 The circumference of a circle is the total length of a circle, as if you were to 'cut' the circular line and lay it flat and then measure it. Circumference = Pie x Diameter 4.15.7 Circle Menu - Three Points On A Circle A geometrical law says that if three point are in a plane, in this case X and Y, and not in a straight line or under one another, then it's possible to have a circle pass through those three points. You will find X and Y coordinates and radiuses of large amounts if you input three points that are almost a straight line. Formula ============================================= (X3²-X1²)+(Y3²-Y1²) (X2²-X1²)+(Y2²-Y1²) ------------------- - ------------------- 2(X3-X1) 2(X2-X1) Y = ---------------------------------------- Y3-Y1 Y2-Y1 ----- - ----- X3-X1 X2-X1 (X3²-X1²) + (Y3-Y1)((Y3+Y1)-2Y) X = ------------------------------- 2(X3-X1) R = Sqrt( (X3-X)² + (Y3-Y)² ) 4.16 MATH MENU The Math menu has nine functions to do with math. 1. Trig. - Right angle trig. (Give the two knowns) 2. Conversions: a) Millimeters to Inches b) Inches to Millimeters c) Degrees to Degrees, Minutes, Seconds d) Degrees, Minutes, Seconds to Degrees e) Celsius to Fahrenheit f) Fahrenheit to Celsius 3. Polar Coordinates - Gives an X and Y from a radius and angle. 4. Dist. Across Square Corners - Input height for answer. 5. Dist. Across Hex Corners - Input height for answer. 6. Dist. Between Two Points - Give two X and Y's. 7. Middle of Two Points - Give two X and Y's. 8. Three Points Shift/Rotate - Give three X and Y's and new X and Y origins and the degree of rotation, (if any). 9. Calculator - Do formulas and calculations. PAGE 42 4.16.1 Math Menu - Trig. Choosing this function will give you a screen that will ask you for the two knowns of a right triangle. The function will then give you all the angles and side dimensions of that right triangle and also the perimeter, inner circle diameter, outer circle diameter, and perpendicular line that has to do with that particular right triangle. A triangle with a 90 degree angle in it. With two known pieces of information, the solution to all other sides and angles can be obtained as long as one of those pieces of information is a side of the triangle. The three angles added up must equal 180 degrees. When you hold down the 'Alt' key and strike the 'T', the Trig. screen will appear. The best way to cycle through the input lines is to strike 'Enter'. If you happen to put the maximum amount of digits (12) into the input line then you will be automatically cycled into the next input line. When you have your two pieces of information entered you may then hold down the 'Alt' key and strike 'O' for OK or you may strike 'Enter' until you have reached the OK button and then strike 'Enter'. You may also use the up and down arrows to move up and down the dialog box. The 'Tab' key cycles you through the dialog box in one direction. If you hold down the 'Shift' key and then strike 'Tab' you will cycle through the dialog box in the other direction. The Perpendicular Line calculation that is given in the answer box is the distance of the line that extends from the intersection of the side opposite and the side adjacent perpendicular to the hypotenuse. This distance is sometimes needed when a milling machinist must put a part up on an angle in a vise in order to machine a chamfer on it. Theorem of Pythagoras: a² + b² = c² Where c = Length of hypotenuse, a and b = the other sides. PAGE 43 Formula ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ a ■ ■ c ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ->A ■ (A = The acute angle.) ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ b a Side Opposite Sin A = - = ------------- c Hypotenuse b Side Adjacent Cos A = - = ------------- c Hypotenuse a Side Opposite Tan A = - = ------------- b Side Adjacent b Side Adjacent Cot A = - = ------------- a Side Opposite c Hypotenuse Sec A = - = ------------- b Side Adjacent c Hypotenuse Csc A = - = ------------- a Side Opposite 4.16.2 Math Menu - Conversions 1) Millimeters to Inches 2) Inches to Millimeters 3) Degrees in Decimal to D.M.S. 4) Degrees in D.M.S. to Decimal 5) Celsius to Fahrenheit 6) Fahrenheit to Celsius Use your up and down arrow keys to choose the conversion you would like, then strike the 'Tab' key to move into the input line. Enter the number that you would like to convert and then strike 'Enter'. PAGE 44 Degrees, Minutes and Seconds input ********************************** Input the Degrees to the left of the decimal place and minutes two places to the right of the decimal place, and the seconds after the minutes, (two places also). INPUT EXAMPLE: 45.5434 = 45 Degrees 54 Minutes 34 Seconds Degrees, Minutes and Seconds output *********************************** When you convert a decimal degree to degrees, minutes and seconds, your output will look like a decimal degree once again but in reality will be degrees, minutes and seconds. (See example above) 4.16.3 Math Menu - Polar Coordinates This function will ask you for a radius and an angle and then it will give you the X and Y coordinate of the point where that angle line meets that radius circle from center X/Y zero. 4.16.4 Math Menu - Distance Across Square Corners This function will ask you for the height of the square and then it will give you the distance from corner to corner. 4.16.5 Math Menu - Distance Across Hex Corners This function will ask you for the height of the hex from top to bottom, (From flat to flat) and then give you the distance across hex corners. 4.16.6 Math Menu - Distance Between Two Points This function will ask you for two X and Y coordinates and then give you the distance between these two points. 4.16.7 Math Menu - Middle Of Two Points This function will ask you for the two X and Y coordinate locations. You will then be shown the X and Y coordinate of the point that lies exactly in the middle. PAGE 45 4.16.8 Math Menu - Three Points, Shifted And Rotated This function will ask you to input three X and Y coordinates, a shift location, and a rotation angle. The X and Y Datum position is what is being shifted here or in other words the reference or datum point. The rotation begins at the 3 O'clock position and swings around in a counter clock wise direction. 4.16.9 Math Menu - Bolt Circle This function will ask you for the diameter of the Bolt Circle and then the number of holes and then the angle of the first hole. Just as in most CAM software, the angle starts at the right side of X zero on the horizontal plane and swings its way counter clock wise until it goes the full 360 degrees. You may insert a negative angle for the first hole if you like. When the Bolt Circle function is executed, it writes its answers to a file on your drive called MRMBOLT.TXT. After Mr. Machinist writes the answers to the file it will display it. You can print the MRMBOLT.TXT file at any time by striking, 'Ctrl-F9'. You can view the MRMBOLT.TXT file at any time by striking, 'Ctrl-F8'. Keep in mind that every time you strike 'Ctrl-F8' and the answer file 'pops' up, it shows you the current state of MRMBOLT.TXT. When your done viewing the file you should close the window by clicking on the close icon or striking 'Alt-F3' or striking 'Enter'. 4.16.10 Math Menu - Calculator You can use the keyboard or the mouse to operate the calculator. 'F4' brings up the calculator at any time and 'Alt-F3' or 'Esc' will close the calculator window. Left arrow erases the last character typed. The ± key toggles the number from + to -. ( ± on keyboard is the 'Underscore' key ) The C key clears the input line. Once the calculator window is on screen you will be ready to enter your calculation or formula. PAGE 46 You can strike the 'Tab' key to move around the calculator dialog box. Striking the 'Tab' key will take you to the 'Ok' button, once more will take you to the 'Cancel' button and once more will take you back to the input line. If you hold down the 'Shift' key and then strike 'Tab' you will move around in the opposite direction. You can also use the mouse to click on one of these three items and activate them. Once your in the input line you can start to enter your data. When numerical entry is complete you may strike 'Enter' or click on 'Ok' with your mouse or strike 'O' for 'Ok'. Example: 4+4*87/456*tan(56) then 'Enter'. The order of precedence is at work here. The calculator evaluates the parts of an expression inside the most deeply nested parentheses before anything else. In the example, the tangent of 56 is calculated and then 87/456 is calculated, then the two are multiplied and 4 is added. Upper and lower case input of functions are treated the same. You may also append an O for octal or an H for hex after a number. If you input 55o, your answer will be 45 because 55 in octal is 45. If you input 640H, your answer will be 1600 because 640 in hex is 1600. When you type a hex constant you must be sure to type a number before it. If you type FF for a hex number then you will get an error, but if you type 0ff then you will get 255. You may enter assignment statements such as, a:=3, and b:=3, and also c:=sqrt(a*b). Always use a single character as your variable, A to Z. If you use assignment statements within expressions always be sure they are predeclared. Here is an example using the formula for RPM (R) of a spindle: 12 x F (Feet per Minute) R = -------------------------- Pi x D (Diameter of Endmill) You would enter f:=200 and then strike 'Enter', d:=0.5 and 'Enter', and for the end result, r:=(12*f)/(pi*d). If you were to leave out the parentheses your result would be in error due to the fact that the calculation would divide first and then do its multiplication. Standard Keys: Tab = Activate next item Shift-Tab = Activate in opposite direction. PAGE 47 F4 = Bring up calculator window Alt-F3 = Close window. (Any time) Esc = Close window. (Any time) Enter = Calculate answer. (Valid input) Calculator Functions ==================== Be sure to inclose functions with more than one character within parentheses. Example: 5*tan(45)*sqrt(7) + = Addition - = Subtraction / = Division * = Multiplicational ^ = Exponentiation O = Octal (Precede Number) H = Hex (Precede Number) Pi = 3.1416......... Frac = Fractional Value Factor = Factorial (1 x 2 x 3 x 4....) Exp = Natural Exponent Int = Integer Value Abs = Absolute Value Log = Log Base 10 Sqrt = Square Root Ln = Natural Log ArcCos = ArcCosine ArcCsc = ArcCosecant ArcSin = ArcSine Cos = Cosine Csc = CoSecant Sin = Sine ArcCot = ArcCotangent ArcSec = ArcSecant ArcTan = ArcTangent Cot = CoTangent Sec = Secant Tan = Tangent 4.17 AREAS AND VOLUMES MENU 4.17.1 Areas/Volume Menu - Acute Angle An acute angle is an angle that is less than 90 degrees. An acute angled triangle is one with all the angles less than 90 degrees. a and b and c are the sides of the acute triangle. PAGE 48 Formula ======= S = 1/2 x (a + b + c) Area = Sqrt(S x (S - a)) x (S - b) x (S - c) 4.17.2 Areas/Volume Menu - Barrel A cylindrical object where the middle diameter is greater than the end diameter. The sides of a barrel shape can either be a circular arc or a parabola arc. In the parabola arc the radius from the center of the arc shape is constantly changing until it's peak at the top of center. The formula used here in Mr. Machinist is for the circular arc. Formula ======= V = Approximate Volume D = Middle Diameter d = End Diameter h = Height of Barrel Shape Arc of a Circle (Barrel) V = 0.262 x h x (2 x Sqr(D) + Sqr(d)) Arc of a Parabola (Barrel) V = 0.209 x h x (2xSqr(D+Dxd+3/4xSqr(d)) 4.17.3 Areas/Volume Menu - Cone This function will ask you for a radius and a height of a cone and then it will give you the area and the volume of that cone in inches or millimeters. 4.17.4 Areas/Volume Menu - Cube This function will ask you for a side dimension of a cube and then will give you the volume of the cube in inches or millimeters. 4.17.5 Areas/Volume Menu - Cycloid This function will ask you for the radius of the generating circle of a cyclode and then give you the area. PAGE 49 Cycloid ======= Location of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls along a straight line. 4.17.6 Areas/Volume Menu - Cylinder This function will ask you for the radius and height of a cylinder and then give you the area, volume, and the total area of cylindrical surface and end surfaces. 4.17.7 Areas/Volume Menu - Ellipse This function will ask you for the major axis dimension and the minor axis dimension and then give you the area and circumference of the ellipse. 4.17.8 Areas/Volume Menu - Ellipsoid This function will ask you for the major axis dimension and the minor axis dimension and then give you the volume of the ellipsoid. 4.17.9 Areas/Volume Menu - Frustum of a Cone This function will ask you for the base diameter and the top diameter and the height of the cone and then give you the volume. 4.17.10 Areas/Volume Menu - Frustum of a Pyramid This function will ask you for the top area and the bottom area and the height of the pyramid and then give you the volume. 4.17.11 Areas/Volume Menu - Hexagon This function will ask you for the outside radius, the inside radius, and the length of a side but you do not have to answer all of the input lines! You only need to answer one of the questions and all other answers will be given! By inputting just the length of a side you get the area, outer radius, inner radius and distance across flats. By inputting just the outer radius you get the area, inner radius and distance across flats. PAGE 50 By inputting just the inner radius you get the area, outer radius and distance across flats. 4.17.12 Areas/Volume Menu - Hollow Cylinder This function will ask you for the outside diameter, the inside diameter and the height of the cylinder and will give you the volume. 4.17.13 Areas/Volume Menu - Hollow Sphere This function will ask you for the outside diameter and the inside diameter of the hollow sphere and then will give you the volume. 4.17.14 Areas/Volume Menu - Obtuse Angle This function will ask you for the length of 3 sides and then will give you the area of an obtuse angled triangle. (An angle that is between 90 degrees and 180 degrees.) 4.17.15 Areas/Volume Menu - Octagon This function will ask you for the length of a side, the outside radius, and the inside radius. You only need to input one piece of information in order to get your answers. The answers that are given are the side length, the outside radius, the inside radius, and the area of the octagon. Octagon = A polygon with eight angles and eight sides. 4.17.16 Areas/Volume Menu - Parallelogram This function will ask you to input the length of side A and the length of side B. You will then be displayed an answer box giving you the 'area' of the parallelogram. 4.17.17 Areas/Volume Menu - Polygon This function will ask you to input four pieces of data. You need not input all four. PAGE 51 You may input the number of sides, either ID or OD, and the length of a side. You will then be displayed an answer box giving you the 'area' of the parallelogram. 4.17.18 Areas/Volume Menu - Portion of a Cylinder A cylinder that is cut at the top or bottom on an angle. If the cylinder was level at both ends then it would be a cylinder, not a portion of a cylinder. A portion of a cylinder has 2 heights, the upper most portion of the angle cut and the lower most portion. Insert these heights as Height1 and Height2. 4.17.19 Areas/Volume Menu - Prism This function will ask you to input two pieces of data, the area of the prism and the height. You would first have to find the area of the 'end surface' of the prism which could be of different shapes. Once you know the area of the end surface you can then input the height which is measured perpendicular to the end surface. You will then be displayed an answer box giving you the 'Volume' or the prism. 4.17.20 Areas/Volume Menu - Pyramid This function will ask you to input two pieces of data, the area of the pyramid's base and the height of it. The base of the pyramid could be different shapes so you would have to first find the area of the base. After you have input the proper data you will be displayed an answer box giving you the 'Volume' of the pyramid. 4.17.21 Areas/Volume Menu - Rectangle This function will ask you for two pieces of data, the length of one side and the length of the other. You will then be displayed an answer box giving you the 'Area' of the rectangle. 4.17.22 Areas/Volume Menu - Right Triangle This function will ask you for two pieces of data, the length of the side adjacent and the length of the side opposite. You will then be displayed an answer box giving you the 'Area' of the right triangle. PAGE 52 4.17.23 Areas/Volume Menu - Spandrel/Fillet This function will have two input lines requiring you to input data into one of them. Either input the radius of the spandrel or fillet or input the chord. You will then displayed an answer box giving you the 'Area' of the spandrel or fillet. 4.17.24 Areas/Volume Menu - Square This function will ask you for the length of a side only. With that information you will be given the diagonal length and the 'Area' of the square. The diagonal length is the distance from one corner to the opposite corner. 4.17.25 Areas/Volume Menu - Square Prism This function will ask you for the length, width, and height of the square prism or 'square box'. You will then be shown an answer box giving you the volume of the 'box'. 4.17.26 Areas/Volume Menu - Sphere This function will ask you to input the radius of the sphere. You will then be shown an answer box giving you the 'Area' and the 'Volume' of the sphere. 4.17.27 Areas/Volume Menu - Spherical Sector Chord, Volume, and Area of a Spherical Sector ============================================= In the input box you must enter the Radius and Height while in the spherical sector menu. While in the spherical 'segment' menu you must enter the height and one other input, either the radius or the chord. The height can not be greater than 2 x Radius! You will then be displayed an answer box giving you the chord, volume, and area of the spherical sector. A sphere is a closed surface where all points are the same from a given distance. Another simple name for a sphere is a ball. A spherical sector is a section of a 'ball' or sphere that is cut out from the whole part. It consist of a full revolution and not just a segment. A spherical segment is a cut section from the 'ball' or sphere but it is cut at two parallel lines. PAGE 53 Formula (Spherical Sector) ============================ V = Volume, A = Area, C = Chord: V = (2 x pie x Sqr(radius) x height) / 3 A = pie x radius x (2 x height + .5 x chord) C = 2 x Sqrt(height(2 x radius - height)) 4.17.28 Areas/Volume Menu - Spherical Segment See 4.17.27 (Spherical Sector) Formula (Spherical Segment) ============================= V= pie x Sqr(height) x (radius - height / 3) A= 2 x pie x radius x height C= 2 x Sqrt(height(2 x radius - height)) R= (Sqr(chord + 4 x Sqr(height))/(8 x height) 4.17.29 Areas/Volume Menu - Spherical Wedge This function will ask you for the angle of the wedge and the radius. You will then be shown an answer box giving you the 'Area' and the 'Volume' of the Spherical Wedge. 4.17.30 Areas/Volume Menu - Spherical Zone This function will ask you for various input. You must input the height of the spherical zone and in addition you must either input the radius or both chord 1 and chord 2. If you input the radius and the height you will be given the 'Area' of the zone. If you input the height and chord 1 and chord 2 you will be given the radius and volume. 4.17.31 Areas/Volume Menu - Torus A shape that looks like an anchor ring or a doughnut. If you were to take a ball and orbit it around a center distance, the shape that it would leave is a Torus. There are two radius involved, the radius of the ball that is orbited and the orbit radius. Formula: ======== Radius1 = The orbiting ball. Radius2 = The orbit radius. PAGE 54 Area = 4 x sqr(pi) x Radius2 x Radius1 Volume = 2 x sqr(pi) x Radius2 x Radius1 4.17.32 Areas/Volume Menu - Trapezium A four sided figure in which no two sides are parallel. Help on Trapezium input ======================= Let's assume that the longest side of the four sided figure is down. ■ ■ │ ■ │ ■ ■ │ ( A Trapezium ) ■ H1 ■ ■│ │ ■ H2 │ ■ ■ │ │ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ├L2─┼───── L1 ──────┼── L3 ─┤ H1 = Tall height of the figure. (Right) H2 = Short height of the figure. (Left) L1 = Distance between heights. L2 = Dist. from left edge to left height. L3 = Dist. from rt. edge to rt. height. (H1 + H2) x L1 + (L2 x H2) + (L3 x H1) Area = -------------------------------------- 2 4.17.33 Areas/Volume Menu - Trapezoid A four sided figure in which two sides are parallel. Let's assume that the longest side of the four sided figure is down. Side 1 = One parallel line. Side 2 = The other parallel line. Height = Height of the figure. (Side1 + Side2) x Height Area = ------------------------ 2 4.17.34 Areas/Volume Menu - Wedge A three dimensional shape with a base that has length and width. The length of the base travels up to a sharp point which is the height of the wedge. The top and the bottom of the wedge are parallel lines. Side 1 = The base length. Side 2 = The base width. Side 3 = Top of the wedge, parallel to Side1. PAGE 55 Height = Height of base to top of wedge. Formula ======= (2 x Side1 + Side3) x Height Volume = ---------------------------- 6 4.18 RATES MENU This menu choice provides you with speed and feed information. You input the required date and you end up with a general speed and feed to begin to work with. 4.18.1 Rates Menu - Speed and Feed For Drilling This choice will cause a menu to pop up that asks you what material and drill diameter you are using. Strike the F1 help key for a list of the type of materials that you can input into this function. Insert the type of material that you are drilling and the size of the drill in decimal form. It will then display a dialog box that will give you the Rpm and the minimum and maximum feed rate in inches per minute for each material condition. This information will also go to the MRMDRILL.TXT file on your drive so you may print it out at any time and/or view it. To view the drill file with complete information on all Brinell hardness numbers click on the 'Details' button or hold down the 'Ctrl' key while striking the 'F4' key. To print the drill file with complete drill information hold down the 'Ctrl' key while striking the 'F6' key. Remember that the drill file called MRMDRILL.TXT gets created each time you start a new session with MRM. This MRMDRILL.TXT file will automatically be deleted upon program completion. If you decide that you want to keep it for later reference you will have to rename it by using the editor and the 'Save as' command. Material List ============= This is a list of materials that can be input into the Mr. Machinist Drill Speed and Feed input line. See the Machinery's Handbook for comparison. PAGE 56 Plain Carbon and Alloy Steels ============================= Free Machining Plain Carbon Steels (Resulphurized) 1212, 1213, 1214, 1108, 1109, 1115, 1117, 1118, 1120, 1126, 1211, 1132, 1137, 1139, 1140, 1144, 1146, 1151. Free Machining Plain Carbon Steels (Leaded) 11L17, 11L18, 12L13, 12L14 Plain Carbon Steels 1006, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1012, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1513, 1514, 1027, 1030, 1033, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1045, 1046, 1049, 1050, 1052, 1524, 1526, 1527, 1541, 1055, 1060, 1064, 1065, 1070, 1074, 1078, 1080, 1084, 1086, 1090, 1095, 1548, 1551, 1552, 1561, 1566 Free Machining Alloy Steels (Resulphurized) R4140, R4150 Free Machining Alloy Steels (Leaded) 41L30, 41L40, 41L47, 41L50, 43L47, 51L32, 52L100, 86L20, 86L40 Alloy Steels 4012, 4023, 4024, 4028, 4118, 4120, 4419, 4422, 4427, 4615, 4620, 4621, 4626, 4718, 4720, 4815, 4817, 4820, 5015, 5017, 5020, 6118, 8115, 8615, 8617, 8620, 8622, 8625, 8627, 8620, 8822, 94B17, 1330, 1335, 1340, 1345, 4032, 4037, 4042, 4047, 4130, 4135, 4137, 4140, 4142, 4145, 4147, 4150, 4160, 4337, 4340, 50B44, 50B46, 50B50, 50B60, 5130, 5132, 5140, 5145, 5147, 5150, 5160, 51B60, 6150, 81B45, 8630, 8635, 8637, 8640, 8642, 8645, 8650, 8655, 8660, 8740, 9254, 9255, 9260, 9262, 94B30 Alloy Steels E51100, E52100 Ultra High Strength Steels (Not AISI) AMS6424, AMS6421, 98B37, AMS6422, 98BV40, AMS6427, AMS6428, AMS6430, AMS6432, AMS6433, AMS6434, AMS6436, AMS6442, 300M, D6AC Maraging Steels (Not AISI) (NG means Nickel Grade) NG200, NG250, NG300, NG350 PAGE 57 Nitriding Steels (N means Nitralloy) N125, N135, N135M, N225, N230, NN, NEZ, NIT1 ============================================ Tool Steels =========== Water Hardening W1, W2, W5 Shock Resisting S1, S2, S5, S6, S7 Cold Work, Oil Hardening O1, O2, O6, O7 Cold Work, High Carbon High Chromium D2, D3, D4, D5, D7 Cold Work, Air Hardening A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10 Hot Work, Chromium Type H10, H11, H12, H13, H14, H19 Hot Work Tungsten Type H21, H22, H23, H24, H25, H26 Hot Work Molybdenum Type H41, H42, H43 Special Purpose Low Alloy L2, L3, L6 Mold P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P20, P21 High-Speed Steel M1, M2, M4, M6, M7, M10, M30, M33, M34, M36, M41, M42, M43, M44, M46, M47, M3-1, M3-2, T1, T2, T5, T6, T8, T15 Stainless Steels ================ Free Machining Stainless Steels (Ferritic) 430F, 430FSE (Austenitic) 203EZ, 303, 303SE, 303MA, 303PB, 303C11, 303PX (303 Plus X) (Martensitic) 416, 416SE, 416PX (416 Plus X), 420FSE, 440F, 440FSE PAGE 58 Stainless Steels (Ferritic) 405, 409, 429, 430, 434, 436, 442, 446, 502 (Austenitic) 201, 202, 301, 302, 304, 304L, 305, 308, 321, 347, 348, 302B, 309, 309S, 310, 310S, 314, 316, 316L, 317, 330 (Martensitic) 403, 410, 420, 501, 414, 431, GA (Greek Ascoloy), 440A, 440B, 440C (Precipitation Hardening) 15-5PH, 17-4PH, 17-7PH, 17-14CM (17-14 Cu Mo), AF-71, AFC-77, AM-350, AM-355, AM-362, C455 (Custom 455), HNM, PH13-8, PH14-8M, PH15-7M, SW (Stainless W) Ferrous Cast Metals =================== Gray Cast Iron 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 1, 1B, 2, 2B, 3, 4NR (4 Ni-Resist), 5NR, 6NR Malleable Iron (Ferritic) 32510, 35018 (Pearlitic) 40010, 43010, 45006, 45008, 48005, 50005 (Martensitic) 53004, 60003, 60004, 70002, 70003, 80002, 90001 Nodular (Ductile) Iron (Ferritic) 604018 (60-40-18), 654512 (65-45-12) (Ferritic-Pearlitic) 805506 (80-55-06), (Pearlitic-Martensitic) 1007003 (100-70-03) (Martensitic) 1209002 (120-90-02) Cast Steels (Low Carbon) C1010, C1020 PAGE 59 (Medium Carbon) C1030, C1040, C1050 (Low Carbon Alloy) C1320, C2315, C2320, C4110, C4120, C4320, C8020, C8620 (Medium Carbon Alloy) C1330, C1340, C2325, C2330, C4125, C4130, C4140, C4330, C4340, C8030, C80B30, C8040, C8430, C8440, C8630, C8640, C9525, C9530, C9535 Light Metals ============ (All Wrought Aluminum Alloys) ALUM (Type 'ALUM' in the input line) (All Alum. Sand and Permanent Mold Casting Alloys) ALUMC (Type 'ALUMC' in the input line) (All Alum. Die Casting Alloys) ALUMD, A390, A392 (All Wrought Magnesium Alloys) MAGW (All Cast Magnesium Alloys) MAGC Copper Alloys ============= CA314, CA332, CA340, CA342, CA353, CA356, CA360, CA370, CA377, CA385, CA485, CA544, CA226, CA230, CA240, CA260, CA268, CA280, CA335, CA365, CA368, CA443, CA445, CA651, CA655, CA675, CA687, CA770, CA796, CA102, CA110, CA122, CA170, CA172, CA175, CA210, CA220, CA502, CA510, CA521, CA524, CA614, CA706, CA715, CA745, CA752, CA754, CA757 4.18.2 Rates Menu - Speed and Feed For Milling This function will ask you for the surface feet per minute, the work piece or cutter diameter, the chip load, and the number of teeth on the cutter. A general chart is positioned on the left of the screen for handy reference of surface feet and chip loads. Determine the Feet Per Minute from the chart on the left and input the data into the cutting speed input line. Insert the chip load data by referring to the bottom of the chart on the left. Keep in mind that these are very general speeds and feeds. PAGE 60 Start slow and work your way up when using feeds/speeds.. The three main factors that determine the rate of metal removal are cutting speed, feedrate and depth of cut. First, take into consideration, the depth of cut, then feed rate and then the cutting speed. Formula ======= IPT = Inches Per Tooth T = Number of Teeth FPR = Feed Per Revolution RPM x IPT x T Feed Rate = ------------- FPR RPM x IPT x T FPR = ------------- Feed rate Feet Per Minute Chart (Page Down for More) =========================================== Material HSS Carb. ******** *** ***** Stainless Steel 50 150 Cast Steel 50 150 Cast Iron 75 225 High-Carbon Steel 50 150 Medium-Carbon Steel 75 200 Low_Carbon Steel 125 375 Brass 300 800 Magnesium 600 1000 Aluminum 600 1000 Copper 300 1000 Inches Per Tooth Cutter IPT ****** *** Metal Cutting Saws .001 + Form Cutters .002 End Mills ( less than 1/2" ) .001 + End Mills ( more than 1/2" ) .003 Plain Cutters .005 Side Cutters .007 Face Mills .010 ==================================== Use these calculations as a starting point only. ==================================== PAGE 61 4.18.3 Rates Menu - Speed and Feed For Tapping This menu function in Mr. Machinist will give you the speed and feed of a tap used in a CNC machine that utilizes ridgid tapping. High speed tapping is used widely in the machining industry and it is used with high accuracy. A hole can be bottom tapped within 0.0010 using ridgid tapping. Input the tap size and you will be given the speeds and feeds for the three main categories of materials. Acceptable tap sizes ==================== 4-40, 5-40, 6-32, 8-32, 10-24, 10-32, 12-24 1/4-20, 1/4-28, 5/16-18, 5/16-24, 3/8-16 3/8-24, 7/16-14, 7/16-20, 1/2-13, 1/2-20 These are some general speeds and feeds for tapping. This information is general and you can differ from these given speeds and feeds. If you are tapping with a machine that can ridgid tap you can increase the speeds and feeds. Rigid tapping is an excellent method of tapping that can be very accurate. You may also want to multiply your feed by .9 for spring loaded taps to achieve some 'give' in the synchronization of the spindle speed and the machine feed. S = Speed F = Feed T = Threads Per Inch. ================================================ T = S / F S = TPI x F = S / TPI ================================================ 3.82 R.P.M. = S.F.P.M. x ----- O.D. ================================================ Material Feet Per Minute Lubrication ======== =============== =========== Alum. 90 - 100 Kerosene & Lard Oil Mach. 40 - 60 Compound, Sulfur-base or Kerosene & Paraffin Tool 25 - 35 Sulfur-base or Kerosene and Lard. PAGE 62 4.19 OPTIONS MENU This is the user options menu. Using the functions of this menu, the user can change the way things look and react. 4.19.1 Options Menu - Mouse Using this function can adjust the speed of a double click on your mouse. It can also change the active button from left to right. (For left handed people) 4.19.2 Options Menu - Save Desktop The 'DeskTop' is the way your screen looks at any given time. You may have two or three files up on your screen that you are editing and you may have a few answer boxes and calculations up also. You can 'save' the things that your screen is showing you to a file called, 'MRM.DSK'. The DSK extension stands for DISK. Then at a later time you may 'retrieve' or 'restore' your desktop by choosing the 'Retrieve DeskTop' menu choice. By choosing 'Save DeskTop' you will create a file called, 'MRM.DSK' in your current directory. This file will hold all of your current views so that you can 'Retrieve' them at a later time. Be aware that when you 'Change Directory' in the file menu you will then 'save' the desktop in the directory that you changed to. So if you start the program at a later time and expect to find your last desktop but you can not, then you may have saved your desktop in another directory. 4.19.3 Options Menu - Retrieve Desktop The 'DeskTop' is the way your screen looks at any given time. You may have two or three files up on your screen that you are editing and you may have a few answer boxes and calculations up also. You can 'save' the things that your screen is showing you to a file called, 'MRM.DSK'. The DSK extension stands for DISK. Then at a later time you may 'retrieve' or 'restore' your desktop by choosing the 'Retrieve DeskTop' menu choice. This option will search your current directory for the file called 'MRM.DSK'. Be aware that when you 'Change Directory' in the file menu you will then 'save' the desktop in the directory that you changed to. PAGE 63 So if you start the program at a later time and expect to find your last desktop but you can not, then you may have saved yourdesktop in another directory. 4.19.4 Options Menu - Use .BAK File Using this option you can choose to create or not to create backup files. Backup files are created with the file extension .BAK by default. When you edit a file that exists on your drive, that file is actually in two places: On your disk or drive, and in the RAM of your computer. When you first create a file, it only exists in RAM until you save it to disk. When you save a file to disk or drive for the first time it exists with the name that you chose to give it. Mr. Machinist will create a backup file by default when you save a file that already exists on your disk or drive. You can choose to shut this feature off therefore saving on disk space but loosing the chance to have a file that has not been over written. 5.0 EDITOR HELP Movement Command ======== ======= Character Left Arrow Character Right Arrow Word Left Ctrl-Left Arrow Word Right Ctrl-Right Arrow Line Up Arrow Line Down Arrow Page Up PgUp Page Down PgDn Beginning of a Line Home Key End of a Line End Key Beginning of a File Ctrl-PgUp End of a File Ctrl-PgDn Delete Line Ctrl-Y Delete Word Right Ctrl-T Start Marking a Block Shift-(arrow keys) Copy Block to Clipboard Ctrl-Insert Paste Block from Clipboard Shift-Insert Delete Block or Clipboard Ctrl-Del Hide Block Marker Ctrl-K-H Cut into Clipboard Shift-Del Show Clipboard Contents Alt-E-S Go to Menu Bar F10 Return to Editor from Menus Esc Save current Workspace F2 Save File as Another Name Alt-F-A Search Ctrl-Q-F or Alt-S-F Search Again Alt-S-S PAGE 64 Search/Replace Ctrl-Q-A or Alt-S-R Replace Last Modification Alt-E-U Move Edit Window Ctrl-F5 (Arrow Keys and Shift-Arrow) Zoom Resized Edit Window F5 or Alt-W-Z Next Window F6 or Alt-W-N Tile (One on top of another) Alt-W-T Cascade (Headings vertical) Alt-W-C Close Current Window Alt-F3 Start a New File Alt-F-N Open an Existing File F3 or Alt-F-O Quit Mr. Machinist Alt-X You may open and manipulate many edit windows at the same time, cut and paste text to and from any window. If you like, you can open the same file more than once for reference purposes. If you want to reference some code from another CNC program you can bring the file up into an edit window, resize it and cut and paste from it to your current CNC program. In doing this you could create a type of 'database' for your machine files. Let's say you have a machine file, (CNC program) called K0154.TXT. You could create a file called K0154N.TXT for the 'notes' to this file. In K0154N.TXT you could put the job number, cycle time, tools used, set up notes and what ever you like! Then when it comes time to look at that CNC program you could call up these two files, resize them to a smaller size and look at both of them! When it comes time to save your changes, strike F2 and it's done. You'll know that you have made a change to the edit window when you see a little star '*' just to the right of the lower left edit window. If you strike Alt-X to quit when the star is there (you have not saved your changes) you will be asked if you want to save your changes. At this time you can strike 'Y' for yes or 'N' for no or 'C' for cancel. Whenever you save a file, Mr. Machinist will keep your old one and put a BAK extension to it. Let's say your editing a file called README.TXT and you make a few changes to it and then you save it. You will now have 2 files on your system by that file name but with different extensions, README.BAK and README.TXT. Do remember this though, if you make a save and a README.BAK exist, the old README.BAK file will be replaced by the newer README.BAK file. PAGE 65 Note: README.BAK is used here just as an example! Using a Mouse ============= It's faster for a user to use the keyboard instead of the mouse, but when it comes to resizing and moving windows, the mouse is the preferred method. The left mouse button is the one you'll always use. Just point and shoot! Pick a menu, click the left button and down comes a menu. Chose from the menu and click for results. To move around edit windows, 'drag' the mouse on the edit window heading. Dragging the mouse means to hold down the left mouse button while moving the mouse. When you want to resize the current window, drag the mouse on the lower right corner of the edit window. To highlight a block of data while editing drag the mouse over the text you desire to mark and that text will become highlighted. The editor incorporated into Mr. Machinist can manipulate a file of 65 K or under. That is the limit at this time. If you want to edit a very large file you will have to use a more powerful editor or 'split' your file and then 'paste' it back together. The editor in Mr. Machinist has the capabilities to edit almost all CNC programs. If the CNC program is larger than this limit then maybe you can create a smaller program by using sub-programs. A small CNC program that does a lot is the sign of a good program!!! This editor is a standard editor that uses commands that are universal in most programs. A small book can be created telling you how to be proficient in using an editor but here are some basics. Features ======== Full mouse support Move, resize, overlap, tile, or cascade Open and view several files at once Search and replace text Cut, copy and paste using the clipboard Paste from one file into another Use the editor while you use the math functions View the clipboard contents Restore deleted text Do block operations, large deletes or inserts PAGE 66 Jump to Line [Ctrl]-[J]-[L] ============================== Quickly jump to any line in your document. A dialog box will appear that requests the line number you wish to jump to. Valid entries are 1 through 9999. Your cursor will remain on the current line if you enter an invalid line number. This command is disabled until you open an edit window. Cancel | No =============== Clicking on these buttons, or pressing [Esc], says "No, go back to what I was doing -- don't change or do anything!". Drag Mode ========= The current window is being moved or resized. Press [Enter] to keep the current position, or [Esc] to restore the former position and/or size. Line Number =========== Enter a line number from 1 to 9999. You may press the down arrow to select from a history list of previous entries, or use the mouse to click on the history icon to the right of the input line. Reformat Options ================ Select one of the buttons to tell the editor where you want to start searching. You may click on the appropriate button with your mouse, or use the up/down arrow keys to highlight the proper button. Replace Text ============ Type in the replacement text you want. You can also press the down arrow key to bring up a history list of the last replacement text. Clicking the mouse on the history list icon to the right of the input line will do the same thing. Right Margin ============ Enter a right margin value from 10 to 255. Press the down arrow or click on the history icon to the right of the input line to bring up a history list of previous entries. PAGE 67 Tab Stops ========= Use your right/left cursor keys to move the cursor to the tab stop you want to delete/set. Press the spacebar to delete tabs, or any other character key (like [x]) to set a tab stop. IMPORTANT: If you press spacebar immediately after you bring this dialog up, all tab stops will be erased! You can push the down arrow or click on the history icon between the OK and CANCEL buttons to bring up a history list of previous tab stop settings. History Icon ============ The history icon is a little box with the down arrow in it. It is usually situated near an input line within a dialog box. The history icon is selected by pressing the down arrow, or clicking on it with the mouse. It brings up a new window that contains a list of all previous commands that may have been input. The list is usually 10 items deep. You can select from this list by using the mouse to scroll through it, or the up/down arrow keys. Pressing [Enter] accepts the input and places it on the input line. This feature allows you to quickly pick previous entries. Input Line ========== An input line is always found within a dialog box. It allows you to enter data to allow some further action to take place. Input lines will usually have a history icon associated with them, thereby allowing you to quickly select from amongst a list of previous entries. Resize Corner ============= The "resize corner" of a window is the bottom right corner that appears a bit different from the rest of the window border. By clicking on it with a mouse, you can resize a window to the dimensions you want. Not all windows have this corner, for not all windows can be resized. ╔═[■]═════ Title ═════[ ]═╗ <--Title Bar ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════─┘ <--Resize corner PAGE 68 Window Border ============= All windows have a border around them, be it an edit window or a dialog box. The border tells you several things about a window. If the border is highlighted, it means that window is the active window, or the one you are using. If the border is not highlighted, it means the window is not active. If the border changes to a color that is not normal for active or inactive windows, it means you are resizing and/or moving it. Del Char Right [BackSpace] ============== [Ctrl]-[H] Move the cursor to the left one space, deleting the character before it. Char Left [Left Arrow] ========= [Ctrl]-[S] Move the cursor to the left one space. No characters are deleted. Char Right [Right Arrow] ========== [Ctrl]-[D] Move the cursor to the right one space. No characters are deleted. Del Char Left [Del] ============= [Ctrl]-[G] Delete the character to the right of the cursor. All other characters on the line are moved to the left to fill the vacant space. Del To End Line [Ctrl]-[Q]-[Y] =============== Delete all characters from the current cursor position to the end of the current line. Delete Line [Ctrl]-[Y] =========== Delete the current line. All lines below it are moved up by one line. PAGE 69 Del To Start Line [Ctrl]-[Q]-[H] ================= [Ctrl]-[Backspace] Delete all characters from the current cursor position to the start of the line. Delete Word [Ctrl]-[T] =========== Delete characters from the current cursor position to the last character in the word, if the cursor is sitting in a word. If the cursor is sitting in spaces, all spaces to the beginning of the next word will be deleted. Page Bottom [Ctrl]-[End] =========== Move the cursor to the bottom of the current page. A page is defined as all text that is within the current window frame. Hide Selection [Ctrl]-[K]-[H] ============== Unhighlight any text you may have selected. You press this key sequence if you decide you don't need to perform any action on the selected text. Pressing the down arrow without the [Shift] key will do the same thing. Page Top [Ctrl]-[Home] ======== Move the cursor to the top of the current page. A page is defined as all text that is within the current window frame. Auto-Indent [Ctrl]-[Q]-[I] =========== Toggle the editor auto-indent feature on/off. Auto-indent will automatically indent the cursor to the same position on the next line as the first character on the current line when [Enter] is pressed. If Auto-Indent is on, an "I" will appear on the edit window indicator line. This command is disabled until you open an edit window. Insert Line [Ctrl]-[N] =========== Insert a carriage return and line feed pair at the current cursor position. PAGE 70 All characters at the cursor position and to the end of the line will be moved down to the next line. Unlike the [Enter] key, the cursor stays at its current position and does NOT move down to the next line. Insert Mode [Ins] =========== [Ctrl]-[V] Toggle the cursor between insert and overstrike mode. In insert mode, characters are inserted into the text at the current cursor position and all characters after the cursor are moved to the left. In overstrike mode, characters at the cursor position are replaced with the new character you type. Line Down [Down Arrow] ========= [Ctrl-[X] Move the cursor down to the next line. Line End [End] ======== [Ctrl]-[Q]-[D] Move the cursor from its current position to the end of the line. Line Start [Home] ========== [Ctrl]-[Q]-[S] Move the cursor from its current position to the start of the line. Line Up [Up Arrow] ======= [Ctrl]-[E] Move the cursor up one line. New Line [Enter] ======== [Ctrl]-[M] Insert a carriage return at the current cursor position. The cursor will move down to the next line. If Auto-Indent is on, the cursor will indent to the same position as the first character of the line the cursor was on when [Enter] was pressed. Otherwise the cursor goes to the first position of the new line. Page Down [PgDn] ========= [Ctrl]-[C] Move the cursor down a page at a time through your text. Note that a page is defined as all text that is within the current window frame. PAGE 71 This is not a "true" page down feature, in that the first time you press the key the cursor simply goes to the bottom of the current page. You'll probably have to press it twice to get to the next page. Thereafter, it works as a true page down feature. Page Up [PgUp] ======= [Ctrl]-[R] Move the cursor up a page at a time through your text. Note that a page is defined as all text that is within the current window frame. This is not a "true" page up feature, in that the first time you press the key the cursor simply goes to the top of the current page. You'll probably have to press it twice to get to the previous page. Thereafter, it works as a true page up feature. Document Reform [Ctrl]-[Q]-[U] =============== Quickly reformat your document text. A dialog box will appear that allows you to select whether to begin reformatting at the current cursor position or from the beginning of the document. Reformatting is based on the position of the first character in the first line of a paragraph and the current right margin setting. You must be VERY careful when using this feature for you can easily ruin your document's appearance using the reformatting feature. You can NOT undo the reformatting process. It is permanent. Therefore, you are advised to save your document BEFORE you use this feature. This command is disabled until you open an edit window. Paragraph Reform [Ctrl]-[B] ================ Quickly reformat a paragraph. Reformatting is based on the position of the first character of the current line the cursor is on and the current right margin setting. Reformatting takes place from the current line to the end of the paragraph. You can NOT undo the reformatting process. It is permanent. This command is disabled until you open an edit window. PAGE 72 Right Margin [Ctrl]-[O]-[R] {EDITOR Cmds:Editor_Commands} ============ Set a right margin value for the editor. A dialog box will appear that asks you to enter a right margin value. Right margin values may range from 10 to 255. The default right margin is 76. The right margin is used by the editor wordwrap, reformatting, and centering features to determine where to wrap a line of text. This command is disabled until you open an edit window. Scroll Down [Ctrl]-[Z] =========== Scrolls the screen up while maintaining the cursor position. If the original cursor position scrolls off the screen, the cursor scrolls down a line. This forces the cursor to stay in the upper left corner of the screen should the original cursor position scroll away. Scroll Up [Ctrl]-[W] ========= Scrolls the screen down while maintaining the cursor position. If the original cursor position scrolls off the screen, the cursor scrolls up a line. This forces the cursor to stay in the lower left corner of the screen should the original cursor position scroll away. Select Word [Ctrl]-[K]-[T] =========== Highlight the current word the cursor is sitting on. The word is marked from the current cursor position to the next space or end of line, whichever comes first. The marked word is put into the clipboard without further effort on your part. Marking works in the normal manner, i.e., it disappears the moment you move the cursor. Note that NOTHING will happen if you try to use this command when the cursor is sitting on a space or the end of a line. Tab Stops [Ctrl]-[O]-[I] ========= Enter custom tab stop preferences in a dialog box. These tab stops are used to allow you to quickly insert spaces, or jump over text to a designated tab stop. PAGE 73 This command is disabled until you open an edit window. Start Select [Ctrl]-[K]-[B] ============ [Shift]-[Down Arrow] Start selecting text. Selected text is that text which is not the same color as normal text. You select text when you want to perform a particular action on that text and no other text, such as COPY, CUT, CLEAR, etc. Tab Key [Tab] ======= [Ctrl]-[I] Move the cursor to the next tab stop. Tab stops default to every fifth character on a line. You may reset the tab stops by using [Ctrl]-[O]-[I]. When in INSERT mode, the cursor will attempt to go to the next tab stop, happily INSERTING SPACES as it looks for that next stopping point. If it is at the last tab stop, it stops inserting spaces and takes a big jump to the first character of the next line. Try to keep tab use to a minimum when the cursor is in insert mode. You eat up valuable buffer space real quick! When in OVERSTRIKE mode, the cursor will attempt to go to the next tab stop, happily skipping over characters as it looks for that next stopping point. If it is at the last tab stop, OR the line is too short to allow it to reach the next tab stop, it takes a big jump to the first character of the next line. Document End [Ctrl]-[PgDn] ============ [Ctrl]-[Q]-[C] Move the cursor from its current position to the end of the document. Document Start [Ctrl]-[PgUp] ============== [Ctrl]-[Q]-[R] Move the cursor from its current position to the start of the document. Word Left [Ctrl]-[F] ========= [Ctrl]-[Right-Arrow] Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word. Use this feature when you want to quickly jump from word to word. PAGE 74 Word Right [Ctrl]-[A] ========== [Ctrl]-[Left Arrow] Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word. Use this feature when you want to quickly jump from word to word. Wordwrap [Ctrl]-[O]-[W] ======== Toggle the editor wordwrap feature on/off. Wordwrap allows you to type in text and automatically wrap to the next line when the cursor reaches the current right margin setting. If wordwrap is on, a "W" will appear on the edit window indicator line. This command is disabled until you open an edit window. Goto Marker [Ctrl]-[Q]-[#] =========== Using the WordStar [Ctrl]-[Q]-[#] key sequence, where "#" is a number 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, or 0, will allow you to access up to 10 place markers you have previously set in your text. Your cursor will go nowhere if you try to jump to a non-existent marker. Hold down the 'Ctrl' key and then strike 'q', let up on both keys and then strike a previously set number key and if this number key has been set you will go to the marked line #. This command is disabled until you open an edit window. Set Marker [Ctrl]-[K]-[#] ========== Using the WordStar [Ctrl]-[K]-[#] key sequence, where "#" is a number 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, or 0, will allow you to set up to 10 place markers in your text. While holding down the 'Ctrl' key strike 'k', then let up on both keys and strike a number key. Nothing will appear to have happened but in actuality you have set a place marker to the number key you have struck. This command is disabled until you open an edit window. 6. QUICK-KEY CHART F1 = Help File F2 = Save Current File Being Edited F3 = Open a File to Edit PAGE 75 F4 = Calculator F5 = Zoom any Window F6 = Change Window Views F7 = Rates (Speeds and Feeds) F8 = Print Current File Being Edited F9 = Print Unregistered Version Invoice F10 = Activate Menu Choices Ctrl-F1 = View MRMSOLVE.TXT (Answers) Ctrl-F2 = Circular Segment Menu Ctrl-F3 = Sequence a CNC File Ctrl-F4 = View MRMDRILL.TXT (Drill Speeds/Feeds) Ctrl-F5 = Move Edit Window Ctrl-F6 = Print MRMDRILL.TXT (Drill Speeds/Feeds) Ctrl-F7 = Drill Speeds/Feeds Dialog Ctrl-F8 = View MRMBOLT.TXT (Bolt Circle Answers) Ctrl-F9 = Print MRMBOLT.TXT (Bolt Circle Answers) Ctrl-F10 = Split a CNC File Ctrl-A = Word Left Ctrl-B = Paragraph Reformat Ctrl-C = PageDown Ctrl-D = Character Right Ctrl-E = Line Up Ctrl-F = Word Right Ctrl-G = Delete Character Right Ctrl-H = Delete Character Left Ctrl-I = Tab Key Ctrl-J-L = Jump to Line Number Ctrl-# = Set Marker Ctrl-K-B = Start Select Text Ctrl-K-C = Paste Ctrl-K-D = Save/Done Ctrl-K-F = Save As Ctrl-K-H = Hide Block Marker Ctrl-K-K = Copy Selected Text Ctrl-K-T = Select Word Ctrl-K-Y = Cut Selected Text Ctrl-L = Search Again Ctrl-M = New Line Ctrl-N = Insert Line Ctrl-O-I = Tab Stops Set Ctrl-O-R = Right Margin Ctrl-O-W = Word Wrap Ctrl-P = Print MRMSOLVE.TXT (Answer File) Ctrl-Q-# = Go to Marker Ctrl-Q-A = Search/Replace Ctrl-Q-C = Bottom of File Ctrl-Q-D = Line End Ctrl-Q-F = Search Ctrl-Q-H = Delete to Start of Line Ctrl-Q-I = Auto Indent Ctrl-Q-L = Undo Ctrl-Q-R = Document Start Ctrl-Q-S = Line Start PAGE 76 Ctrl-Q-U = Reformat Document Ctrl-Q-Y = Delete to End of Line Ctrl-R = Page Up Ctrl-S = Character Left Ctrl-T = Delete Word Right Ctrl-U = Un-Sequence a CNC File Ctrl-V = Insert Mode Ctrl-W = Scroll Up Ctrl-X = Down a Line Ctrl-Y = Delete Line Ctrl-Z = Scroll Down Ctrl-Left Arrow = Word Left Ctrl-Right Arrow = Word Right Ctrl-PgUp = Beg. of a File Ctrl-PgDn = End of a File Ctrl-Insert = Copy Block to Clipboard Ctrl-Delete = Delete Block or Clipboard Ctrl-BackSpace = Delete to Start of Line Ctrl-End = Page Bottom Ctrl-Home = Page Top Alt-A = Area Menu Alt-C = Circle Menu Alt-E = Edit Menu Alt-F = File Menu Alt-M = Math Menu Alt-N = Replace Text Alt-O = Options Menu Alt-R = Rates Menu Alt-S = Search/Replace Menu Alt-T = Trig. Menu Alt-V = Conversions Menu Alt-W = Window Menu Alt-X = Exit Mr. Machinist Alt-F1 = About Mr. Machinist (Version Date) PAGE 77 7. SPECIAL THANKS I must conclude this by giving Thanks to: 1) God - I thank Him for His Son Jesus Christ and for His Word. The Machinery's Handbook is the 2nd best book in the world ... the Bible is the first! 2) Wife - I thank my wife for sticking up for the Mr. Machinist program and telling me to get to work when I thought she would give me a hard time for working so much. 3) Kids - I thank my 5 year old twins for putting up with Dad when he's sitting in the closet for hours at a time, it's not over yet! Oh, by the way, the walk in closet was converted into an office! 4) Job - I also thank the management at my place of employment for putting up with the weird hours I've been keeping. They also beta tested the program and I have received much help from my foreman and fellow workers. 5) Church- I thank the people who have prayed for me. 6) Bruce Bickle - Helped with the writting of this manual. John Conway - A master machinist, helped me beta test. Jim Thiel - Gave many thoughtful ideas. Greg Armenia - Gave me many business tips, love ya Greg. Greg Kraft - Other support BBS and great friend. Ed Hoffman - Excellent Author and Engineer. Gene Wood - Many helpful business tips. Thank you and God bless you and all your family members. Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 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