HEIDENHAIN ND 1300 VED and Crosshair Systems - Manual (Page 9)

Contents 3 QC-300 Series User’s Guide
Chapter 5 Probes
Preparing to use video probes ..........................................................................48
System and part condition ........................................................................48
Selecting video magnification ..................................................................48
Adjusting light control ..............................................................................48
Adjusting video image contrast and brightness ........................................51
Adjusting video image contrast threshold ................................................53
Using video probes ..........................................................................................54
Selecting a probe .......................................................................................54
Selecting a probe color ......................................................................55
Specifying probe data collection parameters .....................................56
Crosshair probe data collection parameters................................57
Edge probe data collection parameters .......................................58
Collecting feature data .....................................................................................59
The auto-enter function .............................................................................59
Crosshair probes .......................................................................................60
Manual probing (crosshairs) .....................................................................60
Automatic probing (crosshairs) ................................................................61
Single edge probe .............................................................................................62
Manual probing (single edge) ...................................................................62
Automatic probing (single edge) ..............................................................63
Multiple edge probe .........................................................................................64
Probe seeding ............................................................................................64
Probing a line ...................................................................................................65
Probing a circle ................................................................................................66
Probing an arc ..................................................................................................68
Seeding to avoid erroneous data ......................................................................69
Recovering from data errors ............................................................................70
Chapter 6 Measuring
Measurement activities ....................................................................................74
The measurement process ................................................................................74
Establishing the measurement reference ..................................................75
Leveling the part (optional) ...............................................................75
Skewing the part ................................................................................76
Creating a datum zero point ..............................................................77
Probing a datum zero point ........................................................77
Constructing a datum zero point ................................................78
Setting a datum at the current probe position .............................81
Probing and measuring features .......................................................................83
Probing with Measure Magic ....................................................................83