Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Operating Manual page 103

An electronic workpiece probe is inserted in the spindle and activated when measuring the
workpiece zero automatically.
Procedure
Milling
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1. Select the "Machine" operating area and press the <JOG> key.
2. Press the "Workpiece zero" softkey.
3. Press the "Right-angled corner" softkey if the workpiece has a right-an‐
gled corner.
- OR -
Press the "Any corner" softkey, if you want to measure a corner not equal
to 90°.
- OR -
If these softkeys are not listed, press any vertical softkey (with the excep‐
tion of "Set edge") and in the drop-down list, select the desired measure‐
ment version.
4. Select "Measuring only" if you only want to display the measured values.
- OR -
5. In the selection box, select the desired work offset in which you want to
store the zero point.
- OR -
Press the "Select WO" softkey to select a settable work offset.
In the window "Work offset – G54 ... G599", select a work offset, in which
the zero point should be saved and press the "In manual" softkey.
You return to the measurement window.
6. Select the corner (inside corner or outside corner) that you wish to meas‐
ure and its position (position 1... position 4).
The position of the measuring points appear in the help display.
7. Specify the setpoint of the workpiece corner (Z0, X0) you want to meas‐
ure.
Setting up the machine
4.6 Measuring the workpiece zero
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