HEIDENHAIN TNC 426B (280 472) Touch Probe Cycles - Manual (Page 11)

HEIDENHAIN TNC 426, TNC 430 IX
4.1 Tool Measurement with the TT Tool Touch Probe ..... 110
Overview ..... 110
Setting the machine parameters ..... 110
Display the results of measurement ..... 111
4.2 Available Cycles ..... 112
Overview ..... 112
Differences between Cycles 31 to 33 and Cycles 481 to 483 ..... 112
Calibrating the TT ..... 113
Measuring the tool length ..... 114
Measuring the tool radius ..... 116
Measuring tool length and radius ..... 118
5.1 Digitizing with Triggering or Measuring Touch Probe (Option) ..... 122
Overview ..... 122
Function ..... 123
5.2 Programming Digitizing Cycles ..... 124
Selecting digitizing cycles ..... 124
Defining the digitizing range ..... 124
Point Tables ..... 126
5.3 Types of Digitizing ..... 129
Meander digitizing ..... 129
Contour line digitizing ..... 131
Unidirectional line digitizing ..... 133
Digitizing with rotary axes ..... 136
5.4 Using Digitized Data in a Part Program ..... 140
Resulting NC blocks of a file containing data that were digitized with the CONTOUR LINES cycle. ..... 140
4 Touch Probe Cycles for Automatic Tool Measurement ..... 109
5 Digitizing ..... 121