HEIDENHAIN IK 5294 - Manual (Page 15)

QC5200 Series User’s Guide Contents 3
Optical edge detection probes ..........................................................................75
Adding and deleting probe magnifications ...............................................75
Calibrating optical edge recognition .........................................................75
Dark/Light contrast (Teach function) ......................................................76
Dark/Light contrast at the part edge (Distance CAL function) ................77
Compensating crosshair to optical edge detector offsets ..........................79
Compensating edge detector magnification offsets ..................................80
Specifying CNC probing parameters ........................................................82
Probe velocity ....................................................................................82
Approach and search distances ..........................................................82
Chapter 5 Measuring
Measurement activities ....................................................................................84
The measurement workspace ...........................................................................84
The measurement process ................................................................................84
Selecting an optical magnification ............................................................85
Establishing the measurement reference ..................................................85
Probing and measuring features ................................................................90
Measure Magic .........................................................................................90
Probing features ...............................................................................................90
Probing with crosshairs .............................................................................91
Probing with optical edge detection .........................................................92
Manual point entry using optical edge detection ...............................92
Automatic point entry using optical edge detection ..........................93
Probing specific feature types ...................................................................94
Points .................................................................................................94
Lines ..................................................................................................95
Arcs ....................................................................................................96
Circles ................................................................................................97
Slots ...................................................................................................99
Distances ............................................................................................100
Angles ................................................................................................101
Profile measurements ........................................................................102
Constructing features .......................................................................................117
Point constructions ...........................................................................................118
Line constructions ............................................................................................123
Distance constructions .....................................................................................130
Circle constructions .........................................................................................136
Arc constructions .............................................................................................139
Angle constructions .........................................................................................140
Creating features ..............................................................................................141
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