Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Operating Manual page 8

Table of contents
4.2.2 User agreement.....................................................................................................................69
4.3 Operating modes....................................................................................................................70
4.3.1 General..................................................................................................................................70
4.3.2 Modes groups and channels..................................................................................................72
4.3.3 Channel switchover................................................................................................................72
4.4 Settings for the machine........................................................................................................73
4.4.1 Switching over the coordinate system (MCS/WCS)...............................................................73
4.4.2 Switching the unit of measurement........................................................................................74
4.4.3 Setting the zero offset............................................................................................................75
4.5 Measure tool..........................................................................................................................77
4.5.1 Overview................................................................................................................................77
4.5.2 Manually measuring drilling and milling tools.........................................................................78
4.5.3 Measuring drilling and milling tools with the workpiece reference point.................................79
4.5.4 Measuring drilling and milling tools with fixed reference point...............................................79
4.5.5 Measuring radius or diameter................................................................................................80
4.5.6 Fixed point calibration............................................................................................................81
4.5.7 Measuring the drilling and milling tool length with electrical tool probe..................................82
4.5.8 Calibrating the electrical tool probe........................................................................................84
4.5.9 Manually measuring a turning tool (for milling/turning machine)............................................85
4.5.10 Manually measuring a turning tool using a tool probe (for milling/turning machine)..............87
4.5.11 Logging tool measurement results.........................................................................................89
4.6 Measuring the workpiece zero...............................................................................................90
4.6.1 Overview................................................................................................................................90
4.6.2 Sequence of operations.........................................................................................................94
4.6.3 Examples with manual swivel................................................................................................95
4.6.4 Calibrating the electronic workpiece probe............................................................................96
4.6.5 Setting the edge.....................................................................................................................98
4.6.6 Edge measurement................................................................................................................99
4.6.7 Measuring a corner..............................................................................................................102
4.6.8 Measuring a pocket and hole...............................................................................................105
4.6.9 Measuring a spigot...............................................................................................................108
4.6.10 Aligning the plane.................................................................................................................113
4.6.11 Defining the measurement function selection......................................................................114
4.6.12 Corrections after measurement of the zero point.................................................................115
4.6.13 Logging measurement results for the workpiece zero.........................................................116
4.7 Settings for the measurement result log..............................................................................118
4.8 Zero offsets..........................................................................................................................119
4.8.1 Display active zero offset.....................................................................................................120
4.8.2 Displaying the zero offset "overview"...................................................................................121
4.8.3 Displaying and editing base zero offset...............................................................................122
4.8.4 Displaying and editing settable zero offset...........................................................................123
4.8.5 Displaying and editing details of the zero offsets.................................................................124
4.8.6 Deleting a zero offset...........................................................................................................125
4.8.7 Measuring the workpiece zero.............................................................................................126
4.9 Monitoring axis and spindle data..........................................................................................127
4.9.1 Specify working area limitations...........................................................................................127
4.9.2 Editing spindle data..............................................................................................................128
4.10 Displaying setting data lists..................................................................................................129
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