HEIDENHAIN ND 1200R - Manual (Page 18)

18 1 Operation
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Distance from target mode screen and soft keys
The Distance from target screen shows:
 List of targets on the left side
 Unit of measure, current datum and program in the upper right
corner
 The the distance from a target position
 Part alignment status: a small rectangle over the axis letter indicates
that the part is aligned to a measurement axis (a skew was
performed)
 Soft key functions for target selection, editing a target, absolute or
incremental distance selection, cartesian or polar coordinates
selection and menu access
Distance from target screen showing the distance
from the current position to the target position
DRO soft keys Function
Goto Press the GOTO soft key to select a target to
navigate to.
Edit Press the EDIT soft key to access the target
editing screen and edit the coordinates of the
selected target.
INC or ABS Toggles between incremental and absolute
distances.
R/A or X/Y Toggles between cartesian and polar
coordinates.
Menu Press the MENU soft key to access program,
datum, pattern and setup menus.