HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 HSCI - Modeling Fixtures

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Modeling fixtures KinematicsDesign helps you to model the fixtures. You can define readily
usable fixtures (file extension *.cfx), or you can create variable fixture
templates (file extension *.cft).
For fixture templates (*.cft) you define the shape of the fixture by using
variables for different dimensions of the fixture objects (CMOs). The fixtures
are designed in the same way as the machine kinematics: CMOs, translations
and transformations are used. Input parameters permit variable design of the
fixture templates, and enable you to help the end user in the final definition,
insertion and testing of the fixture.
The *.cft files for fixture templates are in a new table format in ASCII. The
tables are an extension of the familiar columns of the kinematics tables *.tab
of the machine kinematics, which were specially adapted for the modeling of
fixtures. The tables can be opened with Microsoft Excel if the semicolon is
selected as separator.
Fixture templates created by HEIDENHAIN are available on the HEIDENHAIN
homepage at www.heidenhain.de under:
 Services and Documentation > Software > Fixtures
 Select the desired fixture: You will see a ZIP file with the appropriate files.
 Download the ZIP file and unzip it.
 Copy the unzipped files to the TNC in the TNC:\system\Fixture\JH
directory.
Save only fixture templates from HEIDENHAIN in the
TNC:\system\Fixture\JH directory, because this directory will be overwritten
during a software update. Fixtures or fixtures templates that were created or
changed by you should be saved in a separate directory, such as
TNC:\system\Fixture\OEMfixtures, or at least under their own names in order
to avoid losing data during a software update.