HEIDENHAIN TNC 620 (81760x-02) - Manual (Page 42)

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TNC 620 | User's Manual
HEIDENHAIN Conversational Programming | 2/2015
14.7 Using 3-D touch probes (option 17)..................................................................................................495
Overview............................................................................................................................................... 495
Functions in touch probe cycles........................................................................................................... 496
Selecting touch probe cycles................................................................................................................498
Recording measured values from the touch-probe cycles................................................................... 499
Writing measured values from the touch probe cycles in a datum table............................................. 500
Writing measured values from the touch probe cycles in the preset table.......................................... 501
14.8 Calibrating a 3-D touch trigger probe (option 17)........................................................................... 502
Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 502
Calibrating the effective length............................................................................................................. 503
Calibrating the effective radius and compensating center misalignment............................................. 504
Displaying calibration values................................................................................................................. 508
14.9 Compensating workpiece misalignment with 3-D touch probe (option 17)................................. 509
Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 509
Identifying basic rotation.......................................................................................................................510
Saving a basic rotation in the preset table...........................................................................................510
Compensation of workpiece misalignment by rotating the table.........................................................511
Displaying a basic rotation.................................................................................................................... 512
Canceling a basic rotation.....................................................................................................................512
Measuring 3-D basic rotation................................................................................................................513
14.10 Datum setting with 3-D touch probe (option 17)............................................................................ 515
Overview............................................................................................................................................... 515
Datum setting in any axis..................................................................................................................... 515
Corner as datum................................................................................................................................... 516
Circle center as datum..........................................................................................................................517
Setting a center line as datum............................................................................................................. 519
Measuring workpieces with a 3-D touch probe................................................................................... 520
14.11 Tilting the working plane (option 8)................................................................................................. 523
Application, function..............................................................................................................................523
Traversing reference points in tilted axes............................................................................................. 525
Position display in a tilted system........................................................................................................ 525
Limitations on working with the tilting function...................................................................................525
To activate manual tilting:..................................................................................................................... 526
Setting the current tool-axis direction as the active machining direction..............................................527
Setting the datum in a tilted coordinate system.................................................................................. 528