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Click To See: How to Use Online Documents SURFCAM Online Documents J 685)&$0Ã5HIHUHQFHÃ0DQXDO 7 &21),*85$7,21722/6 7.1 INTRODUCTION SURFCAM s default configuration parameters are contained in the SURFCAM.INI file. You can temporarily override many of these default values using commands on the Options menu which is accessed from any of SURFCAM s NC menus. Figure 1: NC > 2 Axis menu > Options Refer to 1. 2 Axis Options: the SURFCAM Getting Started Manual, Chapter 6: 2 Axis, Section 6.1.4: 2 Axis Options Tab on page 181, 2. 3 Axis Options: Chapter 3: 3 Axis, Section 3.1.3: 3 Axis Options Tab on page 219, 3. 4 and 5 Axis Options: Chapter 4: 4 Axis and 5 Axis, Section 4.9: 4 And 5 Axis Options Tab on page 287, 4. Lathe Options: Chapter 5: Lathe, Section 5.1.4: Lathe Options Tab on page 318, or 5. Wire EDM Options: Chapter 6: Wire EDM, Section 6.3.3: EDM Options Tab on page 363. The defaults for these parameters can be set using the SURFCAM Configuration Tools utility. You will have to restart SURFCAM before the changes become active. To access SURFCAM Configuration Tools, click Start > Programs > SURFCAM 2000.1 > SURFCAM Tools > SURFCAM Config Tools. Then click the left mouse button. Figure 2: Access Configuration Tools SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools

368 SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools Another way to access the program: if you have the icon on your desk top, you can just double-click the icon. The Select SURFCAM Initialization File dialog box will be displayed. Select the SURFCAM.INI file name and click Open. The SURFCAM 2000.1 Options dialog box will be displayed. The SURFCAM default configuration parameters are organized on ten tabs contained in this dialog box. Figure 3: SURFCAM Initialization File dialog box 7.2 SYSTEM OPTIONS TAB Figure 4: System Options Tab

SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools 369 Minutes between automatic saves Specify the frequency of SURFCAM s automatic save. Set this parameter to zero if you do not want an automatic backup. SURFCAM generates a file called DSNn.TMP for the current drawing, where n is zero for the first copy of SURFCAM running, 1 for the second copy running, etc. If the power fails, or the user re-boots the computer while using SURFCAM, the DSNn.TMP file will automatically be recovered the next time SURFCAM is started. Note that when SURFCAM is exited normally, the DSNn.TMP file will be erased. Memory allocation settings Database page size and Maximum size These two parameters define the amount of RAM to allocate for the database. The first parameter is the initial allocation of RAM (in Kilobytes) to use for storage of elements in the database. As more storage is needed, it is added in increments equal to this value. The minimum allocation value is 24. The factory default setting is 128. The second parameter indicates the maximum size of the database (in Kilobytes). When no second parameter is entered, SURFCAM defaults to 40 megabytes (as if the parameter were set to 40960). Display list page size and Maximum size These two parameters define the amount of RAM to allocate for the file display. This includes geometry, tool path, and vectors. These are separate from the Tool display page size parameters. The first parameter is the initial allocation of RAM to use for file display. As more storage is needed, it is added in increments equal to this value. The factory default setting is 128. The second parameter sets the maximum amount of RAM to use for display. Since the display list is single precision (as opposed to the database which is double-precision), the second parameter can be set considerably smaller than the second parameter of the Database page size. Tool display page size and Maximum size These two parameters define the amount of RAM to allocate for the tool display the animated tool displayed during machining. The values entered are in Kilobytes. The first parameter is the initial allocation of RAM to use for tool display. This value should always be large enough to hold the entire tool drawing. If the value is set too small, the animation of the tool will be extremely slow due to the system reading graphic information from the disk at each tool position. The second parameter defines the maximum amount of RAM available for the tool drawings.

370 SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools Click Help > Status to see the tool display size. The Display list, Bytes: Used value indicates the amount of RAM required. Figure 5: Tool Display Page Size Text page size and Maximum size These two parameters define the amount of RAM to allocate for the text and dimensions that will be displayed on the drawing screen. The first parameter is the initial allocation of RAM to use for text display. As more storage is needed, it is added in increments equal to this value. The second parameter defines the maximum amount of RAM available for text display. Toolpath INC Edit Size and Maximum size This indicates the initial allocation of disk space (in Kilobytes) to use for graphical editing of *.INC files using the NC Edit operation in the NC Operations Manager dialog box. This parameter must be as large as the INC file that is being edited. The default is 4mb. Units Set the default unit of measure to inches or millimeters. When you change from one unit to the other, all parameters that are based on the default unit type on all tabs will be automatically converted. Once SURFCAM is running, you can override the default Units setting by clicking Options > Units and then choose Inch or Metric. When you do this, SURFCAM automatically makes the conversions of the other parameters listed above. System View Defaults View Number / CView Number Choose the default View and CView numbers from the eight predefined views. Refer to the SURFCAM Getting Started Manual, Chapter 1: System Basics, Predefined Views on page 19. The default setting for View is 1. The default setting for CView is 0. View Check this box to make VIEW the Coord default, instead of WORLD. Default Layer Number / Name The default layer number is 1. Enter a number and name (up to 79 characters) to create a new layer. Any positive integer results in that layer number being created and added to the Layers dialog box on startup. Any new file will have that layer number and name as its current layer.

SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools 371 If you choose 0, SURFCAM will be launched with 0 as the default layer and no layers will be listed in the Layers dialog box. Show Advanced Analyze Dialogs Check this to cause a more advanced set of Analyze dialog boxes to be displayed when you use the Elements command on the SURFCAM Analyze menu. 7.3 DISPLAY OPTIONS TAB Figure 6: Display Options Tab Time delays (in seconds) Pause for modal pop-ups This value determines the length of time that the pop-up warning.

372 SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools Pause for dynamic rotation The number of seconds the system will wait to redraw the screen when the mouse is used to rotate or pan the image. This delay must be introduced to prevent the screen from being redrawn whenever a mouse pulse is detected. Flash Element Selection This value determines the length of time that selected elements are displayed in the highlight color. Arrow Shaft Size, Head Size, and Color The first parameter indicates the size of the shaft in the same units of measure that are used for the ScreenSize parameter. The second parameter indicates the size of the arrow's head. Note: When the first and second parameters are set to zero, the arrow is not displayed. The third parameter indicates the color of the arrows. Note: When the color is set to element color or zero, the arrow will appear the same color as the surface. In drawings that contain many surfaces, this makes it easier to determine the surface to which an arrow belongs. Screen Size The width and height (in inches or millimeters) of your video display screen. The closer these values are set to the actual dimensions of your screen, the closer the dimensions of objects drawn on the screen will be to their actual size when the viewing scale in the Status menu is set to 1. If the values you enter are not in the correct ratio, you will get distortion; for example, a circle would look like an ellipse. Measure the height and width of your screen with a ruler to determine the actual physical dimensions. Note that the first number in the INI file is the horizontal dimension, the second is the vertical. Surface representation: Number of U and V splines These parameters set the number of U and V direction splines displayed when a surface is created. When you enter a zero for these defaults, the surface is displayed using the knots. When the numbers are greater than zero, the splines are displayed equally spaced. General display attributes Curve Error (in Pixels) Tolerance within which curves are drawn on the screen. Error is in pixels. Default tool speed Set the tool animation speed of the tool display. The tool animation speed ranges from 0.0 (fastest) to 0.9 (slowest). Default fillet radius size The default radius when either Create > Fillet or Create > Surface > Fillet is first selected.

SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools 373 Rotation Increment Specify the rotation increment value. This is the amount that an image will be rotated when you use the arrow keys in conjunction with the rotation function to rotate the image. Chamfer distances These are the default values for the First Trim Value and Second Trim Value parameters on the Chamfer dialog box that will be displayed when you click Change Chamfer on the Create > Chamfer menu. Refer to Chapter 1: Menus and Dialog Boxes, Section 1.3.7: Create > Chamfer on page 55. Default system color The color of elements when they are displayed on the screen. Refer to the online SURFCAM Support Utilities Manual, Chapter 1: Miscellaneous Utilities, Section 1.4.3: Color File on page 9 for the numbers of the colors. OpenGL graphics card installed Check the box if you have an OpenGL card installed. An Open GL graphics card causes rendered or shaded images to remain shaded when the design model is panned, dynamically rotated, or zoomed. If the dynamic rotation seems not to display all of the surfaces as the design model is rotated, increase the value for Pause for dynamic rotation in the Time delays (in seconds) section of the Display Options tab. If you check the box and do not have an OpenGL card installed, SURFCAM will use the OpenGL graphics functions, but your system will display graphics very slowly. Figure 7: Open SURFCAM by using the Start Menu If you open SURFCAM by using the Start Menu you can choose:

374 SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools SURFCAM 2000.1 GL OFF If you right-click instead of just clicking on SURFCAM 2000.1 GL OFF and choose Properties, you will see the code OPENGL=0. SURFCAM 2000.1 GL ON If you right-click instead of just clicking on SURFCAM 2000.1 GL OFF and choose Properties, you will see the code OPENGL=1. Figure 8: Open GL OFF Properties If you open SURFCAM by double-clicking the icon on your desktop, OpenGL will be OFF or ON depending on the properties. Right-click the icon to see the properties. If the properties say OPENGL=0, SURFCAM will open without using an OpenGL card. If the properties say OPENGL=1, SURFCAM will open using OpenGL functionality. If the properties just say C:\SURFCAM\Surf2000\surfcam.exe SURFCAM will open using OpenGL OFF or ON depending on whether or not you check the box for this parameter on the Display Options tab of the Configuration Tools program. Display CView Indicator Indicates whether or not the CView Indicator (the small coordinate system) will be displayed. This can be changed later using the SURFCAM Options > Display menu. Display Wide Lines Check the box to have wide lines displayed on your screen for lines, splines or arcs. Cross Hair Cursor Check the box to choose the classic Cross Hair pointer. Leave it unchecked to choose the Mouse pointer. To select a Mouse pointer, click Start > Settings > Control Panel. Then double-click Mouse. Caution: Using animated pointers will slow down the SURFCAM process.

SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools 375 7.4 NC OPTIONS TAB Figure 9: NC Options tab Cutting Display You can set various options for the display of the tool and the toolpaths. Check the options you want.

376 SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools Advanced milling options Rotary 4 axis Set the number of axes for simultaneous motion by clicking 3 Axis or 4 Axis in the Rotary 4 Axis Milling dialog box. Identify the default axis of rotation by first identifying the X, Y, and Z locations of the start point of the axis of rotation. Then identify the X, Y, and Z locations of the end point of the axis of rotation. Rotary 5 axis For 5 Axis machines with dual rotary tables, set the Number of rotary axes to 1 in the Rotary 5 Axis Milling dialog box. For 5 Axis machines with dual rotary heads, set the Number of rotary axes to 0. Figure 10: Rotary 4 Axis Milling dialog box Identify the default rotary axis by first identifying the X, Y, and Z locations of the start point of the rotary axis. Then identify the X, Y, and Z locations of the end point of the rotary axis. This parameter defines the default axis for 5 axis machines that utilize a rotary axis. Figure 11: Rotary 5 Axis Milling dialog box A new rotary axis can be defined in SURFCAM with the Set Axis command on the NC 5 Axis menu. See the online SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 4: 4 Axis and 5 Axis, Section 4.8.2.1: Set Axis for 5 Axis on page 287.

SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools 377 Lathe options Input (radial) Click this button to display the Lathe Input (Radius) dialog box. Figure 12: Lathe Input (radius) dialog box Display Order of Axes First, Second, Third These are the coordinates that will appear in the World dialog box when Lathe Radius is selected on the Options > Axis menu. These coordinates are usually set to X, Z, and -. The - symbol prevents the third coordinate from being displayed in the World dialog box. Active Input on Start-up If you check this box, whenever the World dialog box is displayed in SURFCAM, it will be displayed as shown in Figure 13: World dialog box for Lathe Radius. Figure 13: World dialog box for Lathe Radius However, checking this box does not make Lathe Radius the default in the Options > Axis menu. For that option, refer to Active Input on Start-up on page 378. Axes Direction The start point for the three axes is 0, 0, 0. Your entries in these boxes determine a point on each axis, based on the Mill axes orientation. Display (radial) Click this button to display the Lathe Axis Display (Radius) dialog box.

378 SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools Figure 14: Lathe Axis Display (Radius) dialog box Display Order Of Axes These are the names of the axes that are displayed on the View Indicator in the lower left corner of the drawing window when Lathe Radius is selected on the Options > Axis menu. First This is the name of the horizontal axis. It is usually set to Z. Second This is the name of the vertical axis. It is usually set to X. Third This is the name of the depth axis. It is usually set to the - symbol which prevents the axis name from being displayed on the View Indicator. Active Input on Start-up Check this box to make: 1. Lathe Radius the default option on the Options > Axis menu and 2. the View Indicator the one shown in Figure 16: View Indicator for Lathe Radius. Figure 15: Options > Axis menu Figure 16: View Indicator for Lathe Radius Checking this box does not make the World dialog box display only X and Z coordinate options. For that option, refer to Active Input on Start-up on page 377.

SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools 379 Axes Direction The start point for the three axes is 0, 0, 0. Your entries in these boxes determine a point on each axis, based on the Mill axes orientation. Input (diameter) Click this button to display the Lathe Input (Diameter) dialog box. Figure 17: Lathe Input (diameter) dialog box Display Order of Axes First, Second, Third These are the coordinates that will appear in the World dialog box when Lathe Diameter is selected on the Options > Axis menu. These coordinates are usually set to D, Z, and -. The - symbol prevents the third coordinate from being displayed in the World dialog box. Active Input on Start-up If you check this box, whenever the World dialog box is displayed in SURFCAM, it will be displayed as shown in Figure 18: World dialog box for Lathe Diameter. Figure 18: World dialog box for Lathe Diameter However, checking this box does not make Lathe Diameter the default in the Options > Axis menu. Refer to Active Input on Start-up on page 380. Axes Direction The start point for the three axes is 0, 0, 0. Your entries in these boxes determine a point on each axis, based on the Mill axes orientation. Note: The 2 in the First Y coordinate tells SURFCAM to divide diameter values found in the World dialog box by two.

380 SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools Display (diameter) Click this button to display the Lathe Axis Display (Diameter) dialog box. Figure 19: Lathe Axis Display (Diameter) dialog box Display Order of Axes These are the names of the axes that are displayed on the View Indicator in the lower left corner of the drawing window when Lathe Diameter is selected on the Options > Axis menu. First This is the name of the horizontal axis. It is usually set to Z. Second The name of the vertical axis. It is usually set to D. Third This is the name of the depth axis. It is usually set to the - symbol which prevents the axis name from being displayed on the View Indicator. Active Input on Start-up Check this box to make: 1. Lathe Diameter the default option on the Options > Axis menu and 2. the View Indicator the one shown in Figure 21: View Indicator for Lathe Diameter. Figure 20: Options > Axis menu Figure 21: View Indicator for Lathe Diameter

l SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools 381 Checking this box does not make the World dialog box display only D and Z coordinate options. For that option, refer to Active Input on Start-up on page 379. Axes Direction The start point for the three axes is 0, 0, 0. Your entries in these boxes determine a point on each axis, based on the Mill axes orientation. Use Tool Library Gauge Length Check an NC mode box, like 2 Axis, to have the total height value for a newly selected tool displayed in the Z Gauge Length box on the Tool Information tab for that NC mode. Total height is a value associated with each tool in the Tool Library. You will usually check these boxes when you are using an NC machine that must make use of a tool gauge length. 7.5 PLOTTER OPTIONS TAB Figure 22: Plotter Options tab Plotter Selection Plotter name With this drop-down list box you can display the plotters contained in the PLOTTER.CFG file. Scroll through the list and click the one you want for the default plotter.

382 SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools Plotter key This is a key word associated with the Plotter name. It will be the plotter designation used in the Plotter parameter line in the SURFCAM.INI file. Number of pens With this drop-down list box you indicate the number of pens on the plotter. Pen carousels for plotters are usually limited to one, two, four, eight, or sixteen pens. This number will be the last entry on the Plotter parameter line in the SURFCAM.INI file. SURFCAM will use this number to tell which pen color assignment line to read in the SURFCAM.INI file. Paper selection Paper size With this drop-down list box you indicate the size of the paper used by the plotter. The letter in front of the size description will be one of the entries on the Plotter line in the SURFCAM.INI file. The paper sizes are indicated below. Color assignments n Pen(s) Click one of these buttons to display a Pen Color Assignments dialog box. Plotter pens are mapped to the system colors with the numbers entered in the Pen Number boxes. INCHES MILLIMETERS A 8.5 BY 11 A6 105 BY 148 B 11 BY 17 A5 148 BY 210 C 17 BY 22 A4 210 BY 297 D 22 BY 34 A3 297 BY 420 E 34 BY 44 A2 420 BY 594 A1 584 BY 841 A0 841 BY 1189 Figure 23: Paper Selection Figure 24: Pen Color Assignments dialog box for 4 pens

SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools 383 7.6 FILE OPTIONS TAB Figure 25: File Options tab File format With this drop-down list box you can display the file format type names that are contained in the SURFCAM.INI file. The entries in this box are the parameter names used in each of the lines in the SURFCAM.INI file that identify the types of files that can be saved and opened in SURFCAM. Format properties File description These are the names of the file types that appear in the File of type drop-down list box on the Open dialog box and the Save as type drop-down list box on the Save As dialog box. Extension(s) These are the file extensions that a file of this type can have. For example, a file with an extension TLE is a file that represents the design of a tool with the unit of measurement in inches (English units). It is in the same format as a DSN file which represents the design of a part.

384 SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools To DSN translator DLL For a file type that can be translated into a DSN file, this is the name of the DLL file that will do the translating. From DSN translator DLL If it can be done, this is the name of the DLL file that will translate a DSN file into a file of this type. To DSN DLL entry point This is a set of characters located in the DLL file that marks the beginning of the instructions that implement the translation of this type of file into a DSN file. From DSN DLL entry point This is a set of characters located in the DLL file that marks the beginning of the instructions that implement the translation of a DSN file into this type of file. Default directory This is the name of the sub-directory where files of this type will be stored. Append File This is the default setting for the Append box on the on the Files > Open dialog box. Never Append is never checked when the Open dialog box is displayed. True Append is initially checked and maintains last checked state. False Append is initially NOT checked and maintains last checked state. Always Append is always checked when Open dialog box is displayed. File format management Add file type Click this button to display the Add File Format dialog box from which you can add a new file type. The entry you make in the New key: list box will appear in the File format drop-down list box. Delete file type Click this button to display the Delete File key dialog box from which you can delete a file type from the SURFCAM.INI file. The file type that is currently listed in the File format list box is the one that will be deleted. Figure 26: Add File Format dialog box Figure 27: Delete file key dialog box

SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools 385 Undelete This button appears only when the Delete file type button has been clicked and the OK button on the Delete file key dialog box has been clicked. Click Undelete to undelete the last file type you deleted. 7.7 SYSTEM FILES TAB Figure 28: System Files tab Default system files The path and file names of the major SURFCAM system files are displayed on this tab. Use the Browse buttons to find the desired path and file names. Menu file The file that contains the words that appear in the SURFCAM menus. Refer to the online SURFCAM Support Utilities Manual, Chapter 1: Miscellaneous Utilities, Section 1.4.1: Menu File on page 5 to customize this file. Plotter file The file that contains plotter configuration. The default file is PLOTTER.CFG and is installed to the main SURFCAM\PLT directory.

386 SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools Color palette file The file that contains the information that defines the colors used by the system. The default color palette file is SURFCAM.COL and is installed to the main SURFCAM directory. Help files The files that contains the SURFCAM online help. The default help file is SURFCAM.HLP and is installed to the main SURFCAM directory. Message file The file that contains the prompts that appear on the prompt line and the error messages that may appear in dialog boxes. This is the file that is installed with the system. Refer to the online SURFCAM Support Utilities Manual, Chapter 1: Miscellaneous Utilities, Section 1.4.2: Message Files on page 7 to customize this file. Use Tool and materials library DLL If this box is checked, the box below it will contain the path and file name of a dynamically linked library (DLL) file that will process tool and material information for SURFCAM. If this box is not checked, the Tool and Material libraries will not be available to you. A different Tool Information tab will be displayed in which you will have to enter all of the tool features yourself. Figure 29: Sample of the Top Portion of the Tool Information tabs when the user chooses to use, or chooses NOT to use the Tool and Materials Library DLL

SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools 387 7.8 DEFAULT PATHS TAB Figure 30: Default Paths tab Default paths Font directory The directory where SURCAM screen fonts are stored. PLT directory The directory where SURFCAM writes plotter output (PLT) files. Tool directory The directory used to store the files containing the drawings of tools and tool holders. These are design files similar to DSN files except they have a TLE file extension. Each tool listed in one of several tool libraries (such as MILLTLB.MDB) has a tool and a tool holder file from this directory assigned to it. When that tool is selected for an NC operation, the tool and tool holder drawings from these files will be displayed as the tool path is drawn on the screen. Refer to the SURFCAM Getting Started Manual, Chapter 3: Common NC Parameters, Drawing Files on page 74.

388 SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools Temp directory The directory used by SURFCAM to store temporary files. 7.9 TOLERANCES TAB Figure 31: Tolerances tab Default system tolerances Chain tolerance The tolerance to use for finding elements to chain. When elements are separated by less than this value, the elements can be chained for machining. Surface intersection tolerance The surface fillet and intersect tolerance from the Create > Surface > Options dialog box the accuracy within which intersection points are calculated. Maximum surface step This is the surface fillet maximum evaluation step the maximum distance between points on cutter and surface intersect splines and fillets before optimization. Reducing this number will cause more points to be generated in the original (non-optimized)

SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools 389 spline, which may increase the accuracy, but will also increase the time it takes to calculate the spline, and consume more memory. The default is in inches. Surface parameter tolerance This parameter controls the creation of nodes in surfaces built by cross sections. A small value may cause more nodes in the resultant surface, but it will match the sections very closely. A larger value will have fewer nodes but may deviate from the sections. Tolerance This parameter defines the distance separating two elements that SURFCAM recognizes as intersecting. When two elements are closer than this value, SURFCAM determines that they are intersecting. View tolerance When SURFCAM attempts to create a fillet between two elements, it evaluates the angle at which the planes containing each of the elements intersect. If that angle is greater than the View tolerance, SURFCAM will not create the fillet. 7.10 NC DEFAULT PATHS TAB Figure 32: NC Default Paths tab

390 SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools NC Default paths Refer to Chapter 1: Menus and Dialog Boxes, Section 1.8.5: Options > NC Settings on page 161. Default directory The directory where the files containing the default NC settings are stored. The default name of this directory is NCDefault. Select Default NC ini file The name of the INI file that will contain the current NC settings. The default name of this file is Current.ini. 7.11 INPUT DEVICE TAB The Input Device tab provides an easy way to modify the SURFCAM.INI file so that you can use one of the supported 3D input devices or one of the supported digitizer devices. Figure 33: Input Device tab 3D Input Device LogiCad3D Magellan Space Mouse Refer to the online SURFCAM Support Utilities Manual, Chapter 1: Miscellaneous Utilities, Section 1.7.3: Magellan Space Mouse on page 29.

SURFCAM Reference Manual, Chapter 7 Configuration Tools 391 Labtec (Spacetec) Spaceball Refer to the online SURFCAM Support Utilities Manual, Chapter 1: Miscellaneous Utilities, Section 1.7.2: Labtec Spaceball on page 29. Digitizing device Faro Arm Refer to the online SURFCAM Support Utilities Manual, Chapter 1: Miscellaneous Utilities, Section 1.6: FARO Arm on page 14. Digitizer Tablet Refer to the online SURFCAM Support Utilities Manual, Chapter 1: Miscellaneous Utilities, Section 1.7.1: Digtab on page 29.

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