HEIDENHAIN CNC Pilot 4290 - Manual (Page 213)

HEIDENHAIN CNC PILOT 4290 201
5.2 Main Menu
”Prog(ram selection)” drop-down menu:
■ Load
Select NC program and press OK
■ From DIN PLUS – takes the NC program selected
in DIN PLUS
■ Menu items for calling the:
■ Contour simulation: ”Contour”
■ Machining simulation: ”Machining”
■ Movement simulation: ”Motion”
■ 3-D depiction: ”3-D view”
”Set up” drop-down menu:
Settings that you made previously apply in the
contour, machining and motion simulation.
■ ”Set up – Window” (window selection dialog
box)
Select the combination of windows best suited to the
machining that you wish to inspect:
Front window
The contour and traverse paths are shown in the XY
plane, taking the spindle position into account. The
spindle position 0° is located on the positive X-axis
(designation: ”XK”).
Surface window
The contour display and traverse-path display are
oriented to the position on the ”unrolled” lateral
surface (designation: CY) and the Z coordinates.
Contours with the C-axis are displayed the same way
as contours on the workpiece surface. (In the graphic
simulation window of the DIN PLUS editor, the
surface contours are drawn ”on the milling floor” and
are therefore shorter than the arc on the workpiece
surface.)
”Side view (YZ)” window
The contour and traverse path are shown in the YZ
plane. The side view depicts only the Y and Z
coordinates – not the spindle position.
Path display in supplementary windows
The front window, surface window, and side view are
considered supplementary windows. Traverse paths
are not shown until the C axis has been oriented or a
G17 or G19 (with Y axis) has been executed.
G18 or a C axis out of orientation stops output of the
traverse paths in the supplementary windows.
5.2 Main Menu
Continued
■ After program changes in the DIN PLUS editor, you need
only press ”New” to simulate the changed NC program.
■ The front and the surface windows operate with a
”fixed” spindle position. Whereas the machine turns the
workpiece, the graphic simulation moves the tool.
■ The ”surface window” and the ”side view (YZ)” are
shown alternatively.