HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 (60642x-03) ISO programming User Manual
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14.7 Calibrating touch probes ..... 503
Calibrating the effective length ..... 503
Calibrating the effective radius and compensating center misalignment ..... 504
Displaying calibration values ..... 505
Managing more than one block of calibrating data ..... 505
14.8 Compensating workpiece misalignment with a 3-D touch probe ..... 506
Basic rotation using 2 points: ..... 508
Determining basic rotation using 2 holes/studs: ..... 510
Workpiece alignment using 2 points ..... 511
14.9 Datum setting with a touch probe ..... 512
Datum setting in any axis ..... 512
Corner as datum—using points that were already probed for a basic rotation ..... 513
Corner as datum—without using points that were already probed for a basic rotation ..... 513
Circle center as datum ..... 514
Center line as datum ..... 515
Setting datum points using holes/cylindrical studs ..... 516
Measuring the workpiece with a touch probe ..... 517
Using touch probe functions with mechanical probes or dial gauges ..... 520
14.10 Tilting the working plane (software option 1) ..... 521
Application, function ..... 521
Traversing reference points in tilted axes ..... 523
Setting the datum in a tilted coordinate system ..... 523
Datum setting on machines with rotary tables ..... 524
Datum setting on machines with spindle-head changing systems ..... 524
Position display in a tilted system ..... 524
Limitations on working with the tilting function ..... 524
Activating manual tilting ..... 525
Setting the current tool-axis direction as the active machining direction (FCL 2 function) ..... 526