Machine data
Axis configuration
Assignment of geometry, special and machine axes to channel axes:
● MD10000 $MN_AXCONF_MACHAX_NAME_TAB
● MD20050 $MC_AXCONF_GEOAX_ASIGN_TAB
● MD20060 $MC_AXCONF_GEOAX_NAME_TAB
● MD20070 $MC_AXCONF_MACHAX_USED
● MD20080 $MC_AXCONF_CHANAX_NAME_TAB
● MD35000 $MA_SPIND_ASSIGN_TO_MACHAX
Reset behavior
Reset behavior of changed geometry axis assignments:
● MD20110 $MC_RESET_MODE_MASK, bit 12
● MD20118 $MC_GEOAX_CHANGE_RESET
NC start behavior
● MD20112 $MC_START_MODE_MASK, bit 12
Notification to the PLC user program
Parameterization option of the M command which is output on the NC/PLC interface when the
geometry axes are changed.
● MD22532 $MC_GEOAX_CHANGE_M_CODE
Supplementary conditions
No geometry axis changeover
● If one of the following functions is active, a geometry axis changeover is not possible:
– Transformation
– Spline interpolation
– Tool radius compensation
– Tool fine offset
● The geometry axis and another channel axis have the same name.
● One of the axes participating in the geometry axis changeover is involved in an action that
goes beyond block limits, e.g. block-wide positioning axis or following axis of an axis
coupling.
Rotary axes
Rotary axes cannot be programmed as geometry axes.
Work preparation
3.15 Axis functions
NC programming
880 Programming Manual, 12/2019, 6FC5398-2EP40-0BA0