HEIDENHAIN TNC 640 (34059x-02) User Manual
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TNC 640 | User's Manual
HEIDENHAIN Conversational Programming | 5/2013
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15.7 Calibrating a 3-D touch trigger probe................................................................................................ 522
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................522
Calibrating the effective length.............................................................................................................. 523
Calibrating the effective radius and compensating center misalignment.............................................. 524
Displaying calibration values.................................................................................................................. 526
15.8 Compensating workpiece misalignment with 3-D touch probe......................................................527
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................527
Identifying basic rotation........................................................................................................................528
Saving a basic rotation in the preset table............................................................................................ 528
Compensation of workpiece misalignment by rotating the table.......................................................... 528
Displaying a basic rotation..................................................................................................................... 529
Canceling a basic rotation......................................................................................................................529
15.9 Datum Setting with 3-D Touch Probe................................................................................................ 530
Overview................................................................................................................................................ 530
Datum setting in any axis...................................................................................................................... 530
Corner as datum.................................................................................................................................... 531
Circle center as datum...........................................................................................................................533
Setting a center line as datum...............................................................................................................535
Measuring workpieces with a 3-D touch probe.....................................................................................536
Using touch probe functions with mechanical probes or measuring dials.............................................539
15.10 Tilting the working plane (software option 1)..................................................................................540
Application, function...............................................................................................................................540
Traversing reference points in tilted axes.............................................................................................. 542
Position display in a tilted system......................................................................................................... 542
Limitations on working with the tilting function.................................................................................... 542
To activate manual tilting:...................................................................................................................... 543
Setting the current tool-axis direction as the active machining direction...............................................544
Setting the datum in a tilted coordinate system................................................................................... 545