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2.5 Measuring Workpieces with a<br />

3-D Touch Probe<br />

Introduction<br />

You can also use the touch probe in the Manual and Electronic<br />

Handwheel operating modes to make simple measurements on the<br />

workpiece. Numerous programmable probing cycles are available for<br />

more complex measuring tasks (see “Automatic Workpiece<br />

Measurement” on page 93). With a 3-D touch probe you can<br />

determine:<br />

position coordinates, and from them,<br />

dimensions and angles on the workpiece.<br />

To find the coordinate of a position on an aligned<br />

workpiece:<br />

Select the probing function by pressing the PROBING<br />

POS soft key.<br />

Move the touch probe to a starting position near the<br />

touch point.<br />

Select the probe direction and axis of the coordinate.<br />

Use the corresponding soft keys for selection.<br />

To probe the workpiece, press the machine START<br />

button.<br />

The TNC shows the coordinates of the touch point as datum.<br />

Finding the coordinates of a corner in the<br />

working plane<br />

Find the coordinates of the corner point: see “Corner as datum—<br />

without using points that were already probed for a basic rotation,”<br />

page 33. The TNC displays the coordinates of the probed corner as<br />

datum.<br />

HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 37<br />

2.5 Measuring Workpieces with a 3-D Touch Probe

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