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HEIDENHAIN TNC 320 (34055x-06) User Manual

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Programming: Multiple Axis Machining

11.2

The PLANE Function: Tilting the Working Plane (Software Option 1)

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TNC 320 | User's Manual HEIDENHAIN Conversational Programming | 5/2013

Abbreviations used

Abbreviation

Meaning

EULER

Swiss mathematician who defined these
angles

EULPR

Pr

ecession angle: angle describing the

rotation of the coordinate system around the
Z axis

EULNU

Nu

tation angle: angle describing the rotation

of the coordinate system around the X axis
shifted by the precession angle

EULROT

Rot

ation angle: angle describing the rotation

of the tilted machining plane around the tilted
Z axis

Defining the working plane with two vectors:
PLANE VECTOR

Application

You can use the definition of a working plane via

two vectors

if

your CAD system can calculate the base vector and normal vector
of the tilted machining plane. A normalized input is not necessary.
The TNC calculates the normal, so you can enter values between
–9.999999 and +9.999999.

The base vector required for the definition of the machining plane is
defined by the components

BX, BY and BZ (see figure at right). The

normal vector is defined by the components

NX, NY and NZ.

Before programming, note the following

The base vector defines the direction of the
principal axis in the tilted machining plane, and the
normal vector determines the orientation of the
tilted machining plane, and at the same time is
perpendicular to it.

The TNC calculates standardized vectors from the
values you enter.

Parameter description for the positioning behavior:
See "Specifying the positioning behavior of the
PLANE function".