342 Touch Probe Cycles: Automatic Datum Setting
15.1 Fundamentals
15.1 Fundamentals
Overview
The TNC offers twelve cycles for automatically finding reference
points and handling them as follows:
Setting the determined values directly as display values
Entering the determined values in the preset table
Entering the determined values in a datum table
Cycle Soft key Page
408 SLOT CENTER REF PT. Measuring
the inside width of a slot, and defining
the slot center as datum
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409 RIDGE CENTER REF PT. Measuring
the outside width of a ridge, and defining
the ridge center as datum
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410 DATUM INSIDE RECTAN.
Measuring the inside length and width of
a rectangle, and defining the center as
datum
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411 DATUM OUTSIDE RECTAN.
Measuring the outside length and width
of a rectangle, and defining the center as
datum
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412 DATUM INSIDE CIRCLE Measuring
any four points on the inside of a circle,
and defining the center as datum
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413 DATUM OUTSIDE CIRCLE
Measuring any four points on the
outside of a circle, and defining the
center as datum
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414 DATUM OUTSIDE CORNER
Measuring two lines from the outside of
the angle, and defining the intersection
as datum
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415 DATUM INSIDE CORNER
Measuring two lines from within the
angle, and defining the intersection as
datum
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416 DATUM CIRCLE CENTER (2nd soft-
key level) Measuring any three holes on
a bolt hole circle, and defining the bolt-
hole center as datum
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