HEIDENHAIN CNC Pilot 4290 - Manual (Page 254)

6 TURN PLUS 242
6.6 C-Axis Contours
6.6.1 Contours on the Front and Rear Face
Milling depth
For figures, enter the parameter ”Depth P.” If you use individual
elements for describing a milling contour, TURN PLUS opens the
”Pocket/contour” dialog box after you have finished your entries,
which requests ”Depth P.”
”Depth P > 0” defines a ”pocket.”
Position of end-face contours
TURN PLUS takes the selected reference plane and suggests it as
reference dimension.
”Reference data” dialog box
Z:
Reference dimension
Starting point of end-face contour
To define the starting point, select Contour.
Parameters
XK,YK: Starting point of the contour in Cartesian coordinates
P, α: Starting point of contour in polar coordinates (reference angle
α: positive XK axis)
6.6 C-Axis Contours