Cartesian Coordinates - Siemens SINUMERIK 828D Programming Manual

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Cartesian coordinates

The axes in the coordinate system are assigned dimensions. In this way, it is possible to
clearly describe every point in the coordinate system and therefore every workpiece position
through the direction (X, Y and Z) and three numerical values The workpiece zero always
has the coordinates X0, Y0, and Z0.
Position specifications in the form of Cartesian coordinates
To simplify things, we will only consider one plane of the coordinate system in the following
example, the X/Y plane:
Points P1 to P4 have the following coordinates:
Position
P1
P2
P3
P4
Fundamentals
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Coordinates
X100 Y50
X-50 Y100
X-105 Y-115
X70 Y-75
Fundamental Geometrical Principles
1.1 Workpiece positions
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