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16 ALS 4.0 P R O D U C T M A N U A L EN When SAVE is clicked or touched the directory structure will appear and allow the choice of an existing file. The piece will be appended to the file chosen. To create a new file, use the directory dialog box. Alternatively the piece can be added directly to the Standard Piece List by clicking or touching the ADD TO STANDARD PIECES BUTTON (shown in Figure 24). 3.4.2 Setting up Bevels Figure 25 Using the popup box, click or touch EDGE repeatedly until the edge of the piece requiring a bevel is red. Then click or touch the NONE button (below the EDGE button) until the bevel condition need is shown. Please note, in Figure 25 the button under EDGE displays DOUBLE. The double bevel condition has been selected for this edge and the display text has changed accordingly. The condition selected above is for a double 45° bevel on the plumb cut at the right end of the board. If a bevel angle other than 45° is needed, click or touch FRONT ANGLE or BACK ANGLE box and enter the desired angle. Front Angle means the bevel face that is facing up when the board is oriented as shown in the diagram. Back Angle means the bevel face on the opposite face of the board. The saw will cut a single bevel when only a Front Angle or a Back Angle is shown. The button that says DOUBLE above will say SINGLE when a setup is generated to cut a front or back angle bevel only. Click or touch the SET button after entering all the bevel information. The SETUP button will not appear until this is done. The SET button will also allow the placement of a bevel on more than one edge of the piece. When the bevel has entered for one of the edges, click or touch SET. This will hold the bevel data for that edge and allow the use of the EDGE button to proceed to another edge of the board where an additional bevel can be entered. This process is necessary when manually entering a floor truss web. NOTE When entering a floor truss web that is oriented in the 4x2 direction, enter it as a piece with square cuts on both ends and use BEVELS to input the angles to be cut. After entering the cut information in the dialog boxes shown in Figure 22 and 23 the program will return to the screen shown in Figure 21 to complete the cut. 1. Enter the quantity of pieces required by clicking or touching the white square labeled QTY (Figure 21). 2. Choose the proper stock length then click or touch SETUP. The saw will cut the piece in the Single Piece mode and then return to the Semi Auto screen above. 3. Exit – Returns to the Home Screen (Figure 8). 4. FLIP ROTATE ON/OFF – Only appears if debug level is greater than 4. ! CAUTION Flip Rotate ON/OFF is only for testing. Do not use. 5. SIMULATION – Simulates the cutting without turning on the blade. This is useful prior to cutting something "extreme". ! CAUTION If there is lumber in the saw the blade will not be instructed to turn on. 6. SAVE PIECE – Brings up the following screen which allows the current Semi Auto piece to be saved to a file. The File Location is reference information only. Piece information can be directed to any file as shown in Figure 24 and detailed below. 7. ADD PIECE – Will add the current piece to the stock length Figure 24 Enter the Job Name, Truss Name and Piece Name using the keyboard that appears when each location is clicked or touched. The lumber grade must be chosen from the list on the right side of the dialog box. The grade list is updated if the Capture Lumber option is checked on the General Options screen.

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