HEIDENHAIN TNC 640 (34059x-04) - Manual (Page 41)

TNC 640 | User's Manual
HEIDENHAIN Conversational Programming | 3/2014
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15.7 Calibrating a 3-D touch trigger probe...............................................................................................530
Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 530
Calibrating the effective length............................................................................................................. 531
Calibrating the effective radius and compensating center misalignment............................................. 532
Displaying calibration values................................................................................................................. 534
15.8 Compensating workpiece misalignment with 3-D touch probe.................................................... 535
Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 535
Identifying basic rotation.......................................................................................................................536
Saving a basic rotation in the preset table...........................................................................................536
Compensation of workpiece misalignment by rotating the table.........................................................536
Displaying a basic rotation.................................................................................................................... 537
Canceling a basic rotation.....................................................................................................................537
15.9 Datum Setting with 3-D Touch Probe...............................................................................................538
Overview............................................................................................................................................... 538
Datum setting in any axis..................................................................................................................... 538
Corner as datum................................................................................................................................... 539
Circle center as datum..........................................................................................................................541
Setting a center line as datum............................................................................................................. 543
Measuring workpieces with a 3-D touch probe................................................................................... 544
Using touch probe functions with mechanical probes or measuring dials............................................547
15.10Tilting the working plane (software option 1).................................................................................548
Application, function..............................................................................................................................548
Traversing reference points in tilted axes............................................................................................. 550
Position display in a tilted system........................................................................................................ 550
Limitations on working with the tilting function...................................................................................550
To activate manual tilting:..................................................................................................................... 551
Setting the current tool-axis direction as the active machining direction..............................................552
Setting the datum in a tilted coordinate system.................................................................................. 553