608 Manual Operation and Setup
14.9 Workpiece presetting with a touch probe
14.9 Workpiece presetting with a
touch probe
Overview
The following soft-key functions are available for setting a preset on an
aligned workpiece:
Workpiece presetting in any axis
To select the touch probe function, press the
PROBING POS soft key
Move the touch probe to a position near the touch
point
Use the soft keys to select the probe axis and
direction in which you want to set the preset, such as
Z in direction Z–
Start the probing procedure: Press the NC Start button
Datum: Enter the nominal coordinate and confirm your
entry with the SET DATUM soft key, or write the
value to a table (see "Writing the measured values
from touch probe cycles to datum tables", page 597,
or see "Writing the measured values from touch
probe cycles in the preset table", page 598, or see
"Storing measured values in the pallet preset table",
page 598)
To terminate the probe function, press the END key
Soft key Function Page
Presetting in any axis Page 608
Setting a corner as preset Page 609
Set a circle center as preset Page 610
Center line as preset Page 611
Danger of collision!
Note that during an active datum shift the TNC always
bases the probed value on the active datum (or on the
datum most recently set in the Manual operating mode),
although the datum shift is included in the position display.
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