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Contents
12 Programming: Multi-Axis Machining......................................................................................... 423
12.1 Functions for multiple-axis machining............................................................................................. 424
12.2 The PLANE function: Tilting the working plane (software option 8)............................................. 425
Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 425
Overview............................................................................................................................................... 426
Defining the PLANE function................................................................................................................427
Position display......................................................................................................................................427
Resetting PLANE function.................................................................................................................... 428
Defining the working plane with the spatial angle: PLANE SPATIAL....................................................429
Defining the working plane with the projection angle: PLANE PROJECTED....................................... 431
Defining the working plane with the Euler angle: PLANE EULER........................................................432
Defining the working plane with two vectors: PLANE VECTOR.......................................................... 434
Defining the working plane via three points: PLANE POINTS..............................................................436
Defining the working plane via a single incremental spatial angle: PLANE SPATIAL............................438
Tilting the working plane through axis angle: PLANE AXIAL................................................................439
Specifying the positioning behavior of the PLANE function.................................................................441
Tilt the working plane without rotary axes...........................................................................................446
12.3 Inclined-tool machining in a tilted plane (option 9)........................................................................447
Function................................................................................................................................................. 447
Inclined-tool machining via incremental traverse of a rotary axis......................................................... 447
Inclined-tool machining via normal vectors...........................................................................................448
12.4 Miscellaneous functions for rotary axes.......................................................................................... 449
Feed rate in mm/min on rotary axes A, B, C: M116 (option 8).............................................................449
Shortest-path traverse of rotary axes: M126........................................................................................450
Reducing display of a rotary axis to a value less than 360°: M94........................................................451
Maintaining the position of the tool tip when positioning with tilted axes (TCPM): M128 (option 9).... 452
Selecting tilting axes: M138................................................................................................................. 455
Compensating the machine's kinematics configuration for ACTUAL/NOMINAL positions at end of block:
M144 (option 9)..................................................................................................................................... 456
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HEIDENHAIN | TNC 620 | Conversational Programming User's Manual | 10/2015