HEIDENHAIN TNC 640 (34059x-05) User Manual
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TNC 640 | User's Manual
HEIDENHAIN Conversational Programming | 1/2015
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Programming: Fundamentals, File Management........................................................................95
3.1
Fundamentals........................................................................................................................................ 96
Position encoders and reference marks................................................................................................. 96
Reference system................................................................................................................................... 96
Reference system on milling machines..................................................................................................97
Designation of the axes on milling machines.........................................................................................97
Polar coordinates..................................................................................................................................... 98
Absolute and incremental workpiece positions...................................................................................... 99
Selecting the datum..............................................................................................................................100
3.2
Opening programs and entering....................................................................................................... 101
Organization of an NC program in HEIDENHAIN Conversational format..............................................101
Define the blank: BLK FORM............................................................................................................... 102
Opening a new part program............................................................................................................... 104
Programming tool movements in conversational................................................................................. 106
Actual position capture..........................................................................................................................108
Editing a program..................................................................................................................................109
The TNC search function...................................................................................................................... 112
3.3
File Management: Fundamentals...................................................................................................... 114
Files....................................................................................................................................................... 114
Displaying externally generated files on the TNC.................................................................................116
Data Backup.......................................................................................................................................... 116