Working With Tool Environments; General; Saving With Toolenv - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Function Manual

W1: Tool offset

18.12 Working with tool environments

18.12 Working with tool environments
18.12.1

General

Functions
The current states of tool data can be processed using the functions below, which are generally
available:
● Save
● Deletion
● Read
● Modify
A further function can be used to determine information about the assignment of the tool lengths
of the active tool to the abscissa, ordinate and applicate.
18.12.2

Saving with TOOLENV

Scope of a tool environment
The TOOLENV memory function is used to save any current states needed for the evaluation
of tool data stored in the memory.
The individual data are as follows:
● The active G code of group 6 (G17,G18,G19)
● The active G code of group 56 (TOWSTD, TOWMCS, TOWWCS, TOWBCS, TOWTCS, TOWKCS)
● The active transverse axis
● Machine data:
MD18112 $MN_MM_KIND_OF_SUMCORR (Properties of sum offsets in the TO area)
● Machine data:
MD20360 $MC_TOOL_PARAMETER_DEF_MASK (definition of tool parameters).
● Setting data:
SD42900 $SC_MIRROR_TOOL_LENGTH (Sign change tool length when mirroring)
● Setting data:
SD42910 $SC_MIRROR_TOOL_WEAR (Sign change tool wear when mirroring)
● Setting data:
SD42920 $SC_WEAR_SIGN_CUTPOS (Sign of wear for tools with cutting edge systems)
● Setting data:
SD42930 $SC_WEAR_SIGN (sign of wear)
● Setting data:
SD42935 $SC_WEAR_TRANSFORM (transformations for tool components)
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