490  Manual Operation and Setup
14.9 Datum Setting with a 3-D Touch Probe
Measuring workpiece dimensions
U Select the probe function by pressing the PROBING 
POS soft key.
U Position the touch probe at a position near the first 
touch point A.
U Select the probing direction by soft key.
U To probe the workpiece, press the machine START 
button.
U If you will need the current datum later, write down 
the value that appears in the Datum display.
U Datum: Enter “0”.
U To terminate the dialog, press the END key.
U Select the probe function by pressing the PROBING 
POS soft key.
U Position the touch probe at a position near the second 
touch point B.
U Select the probe direction with the soft keys: Same 
axis but from the opposite direction.
U To probe the workpiece, press the machine START 
button.
The value displayed as datum is the distance between the two points 
on the coordinate axis.
To return to the datum that was active before the length 
measurement:
U Select the probe function by pressing the PROBING POS soft key.
U Probe the first touch point again.
U Set the datum to the value that you wrote down previously.
U To terminate the dialog, press the END key.
Measuring angles
You can use the 3-D touch probe to measure angles in the working 
plane. You can measure
 the angle between the angle reference axis and a workpiece edge, 
or
 the angle between two sides
The measured angle is displayed as a value of maximum 90°.