HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 595
18.3 Technical Information
Contour elements  Straight line
 Chamfer
 Circular path
 Circle center point
 Circle radius
 Tangentially connected arc
 Corner rounding
Approaching and departing 
the contour
 Via straight line: tangential or perpendicular
 Via circular arc
FK free contour programming  FK free contour programming in HEIDENHAIN conversational format with graphic 
support for workpiece drawings not dimensioned for NC
Program jumps  Subroutines
 Program-section repeat
 Any desired program as subroutine
Fixed cycles  Drilling cycles for drilling, pecking, reaming, boring, tapping with a floating tap holder, 
rigid tapping
 Cycles for milling internal and external threads
 Milling and finishing rectangular and circular pockets
 Cycles for clearing level and inclined surfaces
 Cycles for milling linear and circular slots
 Linear and circular point patterns
 Contour pockets—also with contour-parallel machining
 Contour train
 OEM cycles (special cycles developed by the machine tool builder) can also be 
integrated
Coordinate transformation  Datum shift, rotation, mirroring
 Scaling factor (axis-specific)
Tilting the working plane (software option 1)
Q parameters 
Programming with variables
 Mathematical functions =, +, –, *, /, sin α , cos α
 Logical comparisons (=, =/ , <, >)
 Calculating with parentheses
 tan α , arc sin, arc cos, arc tan, a
n
, e
n
, ln, log, absolute value of a number, the constant 
π , negation, truncation of digits before or after the decimal point
 Functions for calculation of circles
 String parameters
Programming aids  Calculator
 Context-sensitive help function for error messages
 The context-sensitive help system TNCguide (FCL 3 function)
 Graphic support for the programming of cycles
 Comment blocks in the NC program
User functions