Siemens SINUMERIK User Manual

Programming and Operating Manual (Turning)
30 01/2017
If you desire to use the relative coordinate, press this softkey.
13.
Press this softkey to confirm your input. The system calculates t
he offset and en
ters it in the
geometry input field of the currently active tool automatically.
Measuring the Z axis of the tool
1.
Select the machining operating area.
2.
Select a suitable override feedrate and use the handwheel to move the too
l to scratch the
required workpiece edge (or the edge of the setting block, if it is used) along the Z axis.
3.
Select the offset operating area.
4.
Press the alphabetic key <Z> or proceed through the following method to open the window
for measuring the tool in the Z direction:
Move the cursor to the input field for Length Z with the cursor keys
and then press this soft-
key.
5.
Enter the dista
nce between the tool tip and the workpiece edge in the input field, for exam-
ple, "0". (This value is the thickness of a setting block if it is used.)
If you desire to use the relative coordinate, press this softkey.

Siemens SINUMERIK Specifications

General

Brand	Siemens
Model	SINUMERIK
Category	Control Unit
Language	English