Absolute And Incremental Dimensions - Siemens SINUMERIK 840DE Operation & Programming Manual

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Operation
2.5 Operating system

2.5.5 Absolute and incremental dimensions

Absolute dimension (ABS)
Example
Incremental dimension (INC) Incremental dimensions refer to the momentary position.
Example
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Function
You can define the traversing movements of the tool in
incremental and absolute dimensions.
You can mix incremental and absolute dimensions, i.e. one
coordinate in incremental dimensions, the other in absolute
dimensions.
Absolute dimensions refer to the workpiece zero.
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100
160
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11.5
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X 0 ABS
Z 0 ABS
X 60 ABS
Z -40 ABS
X 79 ABS
Z -100 ABS
X 102 ABS
Z -160 ABS
X 120 ABS
X 0 ABS
Z 0 ABS
X 30 INC
Z -40 INC
X 9.5 INC
Z -60 INC
X 11.5 INC
Z -60 INC
X 9.0 INC