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HEIDENHAIN | TNC 640 | Conversational Programming User's Manual | 10/2017
4 Fundamentals, File Management................................................................................................145
4.1 Fundamentals..................................................................................................................................... 146
Position encoders and reference marks.............................................................................................. 146
Reference systems.............................................................................................................................. 147
Designation of the axes on milling machines......................................................................................158
Polar coordinates..................................................................................................................................158
Absolute and incremental workpiece positions...................................................................................159
Selecting the preset.............................................................................................................................160
4.2 Creating and writing programs........................................................................................................ 161
Structure of an NC program in HEIDENHAIN Klartext........................................................................ 161
Defining the blank: BLK FORM........................................................................................................... 162
Creating a new NC program................................................................................................................164
Programming tool movements in Klartext...........................................................................................166
Actual position capture.........................................................................................................................168
Editing an NC program........................................................................................................................ 169
The control's search function.............................................................................................................. 173
4.3 File management: Basics.................................................................................................................. 175
Files...................................................................................................................................................... 175
Displaying externally generated files on the control............................................................................177
Data backup..........................................................................................................................................177
4.4 Working with the file manager........................................................................................................ 178
Directories............................................................................................................................................ 178
Paths.....................................................................................................................................................178
Overview: Functions of the file manager............................................................................................ 179
Calling the file manager.......................................................................................................................180
Selecting drives, directories and files..................................................................................................181
Creating a new directory..................................................................................................................... 183
Creating new file..................................................................................................................................183
Copying a single file.............................................................................................................................183
Copying files into another directory.....................................................................................................184
Copying a table.................................................................................................................................... 185
Copying a directory..............................................................................................................................186
Choosing one of the last files selected...............................................................................................186
Deleting a file.......................................................................................................................................186
Deleting a directory..............................................................................................................................187
Tagging files......................................................................................................................................... 188
Renaming a file.................................................................................................................................... 189
Sorting files.......................................................................................................................................... 189
Additional functions..............................................................................................................................190
Additional tools for management of external file types.......................................................................191
Additional tools for ITCs.......................................................................................................................199
Data transfer to or from an external data carrier.................................................................................201