Siemens SINUMERIK User Manual page 30

Measuring the Z axis of the tool
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If you desire to use the relative coordinate, press this softkey.
13. Press this softkey to confirm your input. The system calculates the offset and enters it in the
geometry input field of the currently active tool automatically.
1. Select the machining operating area.
2. Select a suitable override feedrate and use the handwheel to move the tool to scratch the
required workpiece edge (or the edge of the setting block, if it is used) along the Z axis.
3. Select the offset operating area.
4. Press the alphabetic key <Z> or proceed through the following method to open the window
for measuring the tool in the Z direction:
Move the cursor to the input field for Length Z with the cursor keys and then press this soft-
key.
5. Enter the distance between the tool tip and the workpiece edge in the input field, for exam-
ple, "0". (This value is the thickness of a setting block if it is used.)
If you desire to use the relative coordinate, press this softkey.
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