Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Function Manual page 57

Table 1-1
Bit
5
4
3
2
1
Among the full range of options specified in the general concept above, the settings
highlighted in gray in the following table are implemented in SW 3.1, the others in SW 3.2 and
higher.
Implementation
The table below gives the values for $MC_TRAFO_TYPE_n for the configurable axis
sequences and for the orientation direction of the tool in position zero, showing separate data
for movable tool, movable workpiece and movable tool and workpiece. The transformation
does not support any table elements which do not contain a preset value.
Axis
sequence
AB'
AC'
BA'
BC'
CA'
CB'
Special Functions
Function Manual, 09/2011, 6FC5397-2BP40-2BA0
MD $MC_TRAFO_TYPE_n
Decimal Description
Direction of orientation of tool in position zero
0 00: X direction
8 01: Y direction
16 10: Z direction
Axis sequence
0 000: AB'
1 001: AC'
2 010: BA'
3 011: BC'
4 100: CA'
5 101: CB'
Direction of orientation of tool in position zero
Tool
X Y Z
128 136
129 145
130 138
139 147
132 148
141 149
Workpiece
X Y Z
F2: Multi-axis transformations
1.5 Universal milling head
Tool/workpiece
X Y Z
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