HEIDENHAIN ND 1300 OED and Crosshair Systems - Manual (Page 66)

48 QC-300 Series User’s Guide
Probing with edge detectors
Points can be probed at light to dark or dark to light transitions using automatic or manual point entry.
Automatic point entry
To probe using edge detection and automatic point entry:
1 Select the auto point entry edge probe.
2 Teach the edge detector at the beginning of a measurement session,
when lighting changes, when magnification changes or when other
measurement conditions change.
To teach the edge detector, enter
setup, select the Magnifications
screen and touch the Teach but-
ton. Follow instructions dis-
played on the screen to complete
the Teach operation.
3 To measure, position the edge detector close to
the first target edge, then touch the desired measure
icon button.
4 Move the edge probe across the target edge. The point will be entered.
5 Move to the next target edge.