Programming Graphics - HEIDENHAIN TNC 620 User Manual

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Programming graphics

Generate/do not generate graphics during

While you are writing the part program, you can have the TNC

generate a 2-D pencil-trace graphic of the programmed contour.

To switch the screen layout to displaying program blocks to the

left and graphics to the right, press the SPLIT SCREEN key and

the PGM + GRAPHICS soft key.

Set the AUTO DRAW soft key to EIN. While you

are entering the program lines, the TNC generates

each path contour you program in the graphics

window in the right screen half

If you do not wish to have the TNC generate graphics during

programming, set the AUTO DRAW soft key to OFF.

Even when AUTO DRAW ON is active, graphics are not generated

for program section repeats.

Generating a graphic for an existing program

Use the arrow keys to select the block up to which you want the

graphic to be generated, or press GOTO and enter the desired

block number

To generate graphics, press the RESET + START

Additional functions:

Generate a complete graphic

Generate programming graphic blockwise

Generate a complete graphic or complete it

after RESET + START

Stop the programming graphics. This soft key

only appears while the TNC is generating the

interactive graphics

TNC 620 | User's Manual

HEIDENHAIN Conversational Programming | 3/2014

Programming graphics