HEIDENHAIN TNC 320 User Manual page 527

Compact contouring control

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Measuring workpieces with a 3-D touch probe

You can also use the touch probe in the Manual operation and

Electronic handwheel operating modes to perform simple

measurements on the workpiece. Numerous programmable touch

probe cycles are available for more complex measuring tasks.

Further information:

Cycle Programing User's Manual

With a 3-D touch probe you can determine:

Position coordinates, and from them,

Dimensions and angles on the workpiece

Finding the coordinates of a position on an aligned workpiece

Select the probing function: Press the PROBING

POS soft key

Move the touch probe to a position near the touch

Select the probing direction and the axis to which

the coordinates relate: Use the corresponding soft

keys to select

Start the probing process: Press the NC START key

The TNC shows the coordinates of the touch point as reference

Finding the coordinates of a corner point on the working plane

Find the coordinates of the corner point.

Further Information:

"Corner as datum ", page 522

The TNC displays the coordinates of the probed corner as datum.

HEIDENHAIN | TNC 320 | Conversational Programming User's Manual | 9/2016

Datum setting with a 3-D touch probe