
B-63942EN/02 NC FUNCTION 11.EDITING OPERATION
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11.2 PROGRAM EDITING
Following program editing operations are possible.
1 Creating new programs
2 Deleting programs
• Deleting one program
• Deleting specified programs at a time
• Deleting all programs in a folder at a time
3 Copying and moving programs
Copying and moving programs from a folder to folder
4 Editing a word
• Inserting a word or block
• Overwriting a word
• Replacing a word or address
• Deleting a word or block
• Copying, deleting, and pasting a specified range
5 Editing characters
• Inserting characters
• Overwriting characters
• Replacing a character string
• Deleting characters
• Copying, deleting, and pasting a specified range
6 Search
• Searching for a program
• Searching for a word or address
• Repeating search
7 Rearranging program memory contents
An NC program on program memory is first stored in a
continuous storage area. Editing the NC program divides the NC
program storage area into several separate blocks, and as editing
is repeated, these blocks are further divided into smaller blocks.
When the NC program is divided into small blocks, the memory
operation processing speed may decrease, or the program
memory space used may increase excessively. So, program
memory must be rearranged to store the program in a continuous
area again.