HEIDENHAIN TNC 360 User Manual - Manual (Page 16)

TNC 360
9 Digitizing 3D Surfaces
9.1 The Digitizing Process .............................................................................. 9-2
Generating programs with digitized data ........................................................................ 9-2
Overview: Digitizing cycles ............................................................................................ 9-2
Transferring digitized data .............................................................................................. 9-2
9.2 Digitizing Range ....................................................................................... 9-3
Input data ....................................................................................................................... 9-3
Setting the scanning range ............................................................................................. 9-3
9.3 Line-By-Line Digitizing ............................................................................. 9-5
Starting position ............................................................................................................. 9-5
Contour approach ........................................................................................................... 9-5
Input data ....................................................................................................................... 9-5
Setting the digitizing parameters .................................................................................... 9-6
9.4 Contour Line Digitizing ............................................................................ 9-8
Starting position ............................................................................................................. 9-8
Contour approach ........................................................................................................... 9-8
Input data ....................................................................................................................... 9-8
Limits of the scanning range .......................................................................................... 9-9
Setting the digitizing parameters .................................................................................... 9-9
9.5 Using Digitized Data in a Part Program ................................................. 9-11
Executing a part program from digitized data ................................................................. 9-12