HEIDENHAIN TNC 320 User Manual page 312

15.1 Fundamentals
Overview
When running touch probe cycles, Cycle 8 MIRROR
IMAGE, Cycle 11 SCALING and Cycle 26 AXIS-SPECIFIC
SCALING must not be active.
HEIDENHAIN only gives warranty for the function of the
probing cycles if HEIDENHAIN touch probes are used.
The TNC must be specially prepared by the machine tool
builder for the use of a 3-D touch probe.
The TNC offers twelve cycles for automatically finding reference
points and handling them as follows:
Setting the determined values directly as display values
Entering the determined values in the preset table
Entering the determined values in a datum table
Cycle
408 SLOT CENTER REF PT. Measuring
the inside width of a slot, and defining
the slot center as datum
409 RIDGE CENTER REF PT. Measuring
the outside width of a ridge, and defining
the ridge center as datum
410 DATUM INSIDE RECTANGLE
Measuring the inside length and width of
a rectangle, and defining the center as
datum
411 DATUM OUTSIDE RECTANGLE
Measuring the outside length and width
of a rectangle, and defining the center as
datum
412 DATUM INSIDE CIRCLE Measuring
any four points on the inside of a circle,
and defining the center as datum
413 DATUM OUTSIDE CIRCLE
Measuring any four points on the
outside of a circle, and defining the
center as datum
414 DATUM OUTSIDE CORNER
Measuring two lines from the outside of
a corner, and defining the intersection as
datum
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Touch Probe Cycles: Automatic Datum Setting