Setting The Cutting-Start Location - Roland Modela MDX-40 User Manual

3-3 Installing a Tool and Setting the Cutting-start Location

Setting the Cutting-start Location

1.
Set the Z origin point.
Close the front cover.
Press the VIEW button to make the VIEW light go out.
2.
Set the XY origin point.
32 Chapter 3 Operation
Using the operation panel screen, press the button in the
figure.
Bring the tool lightly into contact with the surface of the
workpiece while rotating the spindle.
Workpiece
At the location where the workpiece surface begins to be
cut slightly, stop rotating the spindle.
Select [Set the Z origin here].
Click [Set].
The Z origin point has now been set.
Move the spindle to the cutting-start location.
Move the spindle to a location slightly above the workpiece.
Select [Set the XY origin here].
Click [Set].
The XY origin point has now been set.
Workpiece
Table