HEIDENHAIN ND 1400 - Manual (Page 75)

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Measuring
Constructing features
Features can be constructed from one or more existing features. Existing features used to construct new
features are called parent features, and can be features that were measured, constructed or created. Exist-
ing features are shown in black, and constructed features are shown in blue in the View screen. Feature
constructions are divided into seven categories:
• Duplicate features • Multipoint features
• Extractions • Perpendicular/parallel/tangents
• Intersections • Gage lines and circles
• Relations
Parent features used to construct other features include:
• Positional features
Points, circles, parks, slots, rectangles, and spheres
• Linear features
Cylinders, cones, lines
• Planes
• Angles
• Distances
The feature con-
struction process
is identical for all
feature types:
Duplicate features
Any feature can be duplicated. In this example a cone is duplicated.
Select the cone feature type... select the parent cone feature... then press the Finish key
Constructing Features