Rapid selection of hole positions with, The mouse area, Processing dxf files (software option) 7.1 – HEIDENHAIN TNC 640 (34059x-02) ISO programming User Manual

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Processing DXF Files (Software Option)

7.1

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TNC 640 | User's Manual for DIN/ISO Programming | 5/2013

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Rapid selection of hole positions with the mouse area

Select the mode for choosing a machining

position. The TNC hides the layers shown in the

left window, and the right window becomes active

for position selection

Press the shift key on the keyboard and drag the

left mouse button to define an area in which the

TNC is to adopt all included circle centers as hole

positions: the TNC opens a window in which you

can filter the holes by size

Configure the filter settings See "" and click the

Use button to confirm: The TNC loads the selected

positions into the left window (displays a point

symbol)

If necessary you can also deselect elements that

you already selected, by dragging an area open

again, but this time while pressing the CTRL key
Save the selected machining positions to the

clipboard of the TNC so that you can then insert

them as a positioning block with cycle call in a

plain-language program, or
To save the selected machining positions to a point

file, enter the target directory and any file name in

the pop-up window displayed by the TNC. Default

setting: Name of the DXF file. If the name of the

DXF file contains special characters or spaces, the

TNC replaces the characters with underscores.

As an alternative, you can also select the file type:
Point table (

.PNT), pattern generator table (.HP)

or plain-language program (

.H). If you save the

machining positions to a plain-language program,

the TNC creates a separate linear block with cycle
call for every machining position (

L X... Y... M99).

You can also transfer this program to old TNC

controls and run it there.
Confirm the entry: The TNC saves the contour

program to the directory in which the DXF file is

also saved
If you want to select more machining positions

in order to save them to a different file, press

the Cancel selected elements icon and select as

described above

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