Setting Up The Workpiece; Measuring The Workpiece - Siemens SINUMERIK User Manual

10.2

Setting up the workpiece

10.2.1

Measuring the workpiece

Overview
Select the relevant offset panel (for example, G54) and the axis you want to determine for the offset. See the following
example for how to determine the work offset in the Z axis.
Before measuring, you can start the spindle by following the steps in Section "Activating the tool and the spindle (Page 23)".
Operating sequence
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1. Select the offset operating area.
2. Switch to "JOG" mode.
3. Open the list of work offsets.
4. Open the window for measuring the work offsets. Note that this vertical softkey is active only
in "JOG" mode.
5. Switch to handwheel mode.
6. Select a suitable override feedrate, and then use the handwheel to move the tool to scratch
the required workpiece edge or the edge of the setting block (for example, Z0), if a setting
block is used.
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