HEIDENHAIN ND 920 - Manual (Page 19)

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Holding Positions
Your display unit has the capability to hold or “freeze” position values.
The tool can be repositioned without affecting the display. You can then
assign a new value to the stored position.
Example
Drill in the Z axis, measure the depth and set the datum to this depth.
Move to the desired position and drill in Z
direction .
HOLD
POS
Hold the position. 1)
KEEP Z POS. ?
Z
ENT
Store (hold) the position of the Z axis.
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Holding Positions
1) The HOLD POS key may have a different function. See the
section "Measured value output with the HOLD POS key".