HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 User Manual page 511

Measuring workpiece dimensions
U
Select the probe function by pressing the PROBING
POS soft key
U Position the touch probe at a position near the first
touch point A.
U Select the probing direction by soft key
U Probing: press the NC Start button
U
If you will need the current datum later, write down
the value that appears in the Datum display.
U Datum: Enter "0".
U
To terminate the dialog, press the END key.
U Select the probe function by pressing the PROBING
POS soft key.
U Position the touch probe at a position near the second
touch point B.
U Select the probe direction with the soft keys: Same
axis but from the opposite direction.
U
Probing: press the NC Start button
The value displayed as datum is the distance between the two points
on the coordinate axis.
To return to the datum that was active before the length
measurement:
U Select the probe function by pressing the PROBING POS soft key
U Probe the first touch point again.
U Set the datum to the value that you wrote down previously.
U
To terminate the dialog, press the END key.
Measuring angles
You can use the 3-D touch probe to measure angles in the working
plane. You can measure
the angle between the angle reference axis and a workpiece edge,
or
the angle between two sides
The measured angle is displayed as a value of maximum 90°.
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