HEIDENHAIN ND 1300 VED and Crosshair Systems - Manual (Page 80)

60 QC-300 Series User’s Guide
Straight crosshairs Offset crosshairs
Crosshair probes
The crosshair probes consist of two lines crossed at 90 degrees
in the video window. Probing is identical for straight and
offset crosshairs. Single points can be acquired manually or
automatically.
Manual probing (crosshairs)
Disable auto-enter for manual probing.
To probe part features manually:
1 Select the feature to be measured.
The Circle measurement is selected in
this example.
2 Position the probe over the desired feature location.
3 Press the Enter key to acquire a point.
4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all the required points have
been probed.
5 Press the Finish key to complete the feature measurement and store the fea-
ture in the feature list. The feature and probed points can be reviewed in detail by
touching the View button if desired.