HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 (340 49x-05) Pilot - Manual (Page 172)

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g Contours
Working with contour programming
Overview
The contour elements are programmed using the familiar conversational
dialog functions. Along with the gray path functions keys, the powerful
FK free contour programming is also available. These forms are called via
soft keys.
The support graphics, which are available for each input field and clarify
which parameter is to be entered, are especially helpful for FK
programming.
All familiar functions of the programming graphics are available in
smarT.NC without restriction.
Dialog guidance in the forms is almost identical with that in
conversational programming:
„ The orange axis keys position the cursor in the desired input field
„ With the orange I key you can switch between absolute and
incremental programming
„ With the orange P key you can switch between Cartesian and polar
coordinate programming