HEIDENHAIN CNC Pilot 4290 - Manual (Page 218)

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5.4 Machining Simulation
■ ”... – Times”: see ” 5.9 Time Calculation”
■ ”... – Protection zone – ...”
– ”Monitoring off”: Protection zones/software limit
switches are not monitored
– ”Monitoring with warning”: The CNC PILOT
registers protection zone violations or limit switch
violations and handles them as warnings. The NC
program is simulated up to the end of program.
– ”Monitoring with error (message)”: A
protection zone or limit switch violation results in an
immediate error message and cancelation of the
simulation.
”Contour – ...” drop-down menu:
■ ”... – Contour follow-up”
Updates the contour to depict the current progress
of machining. The CNC PILOT takes the blank part
as a basis and accounts for each cut.
■ ”... – Dimension.”: see ” 5.3.2 Dimensioning”
■ Menu item ”3-D view”: see ” 5.7 3-D View”
■ ”... – Save contours”
Saves the contour in the simulated machining
condition as BLANK and the programmed finished
part.
Settings in the ”Save contours for NC program”
dialog box:
■ Unit: Contour description in millimeters or inches
■ Contour: Selection of the contour (is more than
one contour exists)
■ Shift: Value of the workpiece zero point shift
■ Mirroring: Contours are mirrored/not mirrored
”Debug” drop-down menu
If you use variables to machine the workpiece, you
can show and edit them with the debug functions
(see ”
5.8 Checking the NC Program Run”).