Generate A Backward Program - HEIDENHAIN ITNC 530 - CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAMMING User Manual

11.7 Generate a Backward Program

Function
With this TNC function you can reverse the machining direction of a
contour.
Note that the TNC may need many times more free
memory space on the hard disk than the size of the
program file to be converted.
U
Select the program whose machining direction you
want to reverse.
U Press the Special Functions key.
U Press the Programming Aids soft key.
U Select the soft-key row with functions for converting
programs.
U Generate a forward and backward program.
The name of the file created by the TNC consists of the
old file name and the extension _rev. Example:
File name of the program whose machining direction is
to be reversed: CONT1.H
File name of the backward program to be generated by
the TNC: CONT1_rev.h
To be able to generate a backward program, the TNC
must first generate a linearized forward program, i.e. a
program in which all contour elements are resolved. This
program is also executable and has the file name
extension _fwd.h.
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