HEIDENHAIN IK 5294 User Manual

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Measuring

Slots

Five probed points are required to measure a slot. The five points must be located in a prescribed pattern,

and must be probed in clockwise or counterclockwise order.

As shown above, the correct pattern of points probed around the slot is:

• Two points well distributed along one long side, followed by

• One point on the closest end, followed by

• One point on the approximate center of the second long side, followed by

• The last point on the remaining end

CAUTION

Probing a different pattern of points, or probing out of either clockwise or counter-

clockwise order will result in erroneous slot measurements.

Measurement results are shown

in the Features template, Part

View window and Results

window. The Results window

shows the feature identifica-

tion number, the number of

points used in the measure-

ment, the length, width and

angular orientation of the slot,

and the coordinate location of

the center of the slot.

A slot is probed in the required pattern of five positions, in counterclockwise order

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