Table of contentsMilling8 Operating Manual, 03/2010, 6FC5398-7CP20-1BA02.5.6 Calibrating the electrical tool probe............................................................................................. 682.6 Measuring the workpiece zero .................................................................................................... 692.6.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 692.6.2 Sequence of operations .............................................................................................................. 722.6.3 Examples with manual swivel ..................................................................................................... 732.6.4 Calibrating the electronic workpiece probe ................................................................................. 742.6.5 Setting the edge .......................................................................................................................... 762.6.6 Edge measurement..................................................................................................................... 782.6.7 Measuring a corner ..................................................................................................................... 802.6.8 Measuring a pocket and hole ...................................................................................................... 832.6.9 Measuring a spigot...................................................................................................................... 902.6.10 Aligning the plane........................................................................................................................ 952.6.11 Defining the measurement function selection ............................................................................. 972.6.12 Corrections after measurement of the zero point ....................................................................... 982.7 Work offsets .............................................................................................................................. 1002.7.1 Display active zero offset .......................................................................................................... 1012.7.2 Displaying the work offset "overview" ....................................................................................... 1022.7.3 Displaying and editing base zero offset .................................................................................... 1032.7.4 Displaying and editing settable zero offset ............................................................................... 1042.7.5 Displaying the zero offset details. ............................................................................................. 1052.7.6 Deleting a work offset................................................................................................................ 1062.7.7 Measuring the workpiece zero .................................................................................................. 1072.8 Monitoring axis and spindle data .............................................................................................. 1082.8.1 Specify working area limitations................................................................................................ 1082.8.2 Editing spindle data................................................................................................................... 1092.9 Displaying setting data lists....................................................................................................... 1102.10 Handwheel assignment............................................................................................................. 1112.11 MDA .......................................................................................................................................... 1132.11.1 Loading an MDA program from the Program Manager ............................................................ 1132.11.2 Saving an MDA program........................................................................................................... 1142.11.3 Executing an MDA program ...................................................................................................... 1152.11.4 Deleting an MDA program......................................................................................................... 1163 Execution in manual mode..................................................................................................................... 1173.1 General...................................................................................................................................... 1173.2 Selecting a tool and spindle ...................................................................................................... 1173.2.1 T, S, M windows........................................................................................................................ 1173.2.2 Selecting a tool.......................................................................................................................... 1193.2.3 Starting and stopping a spindle manually ................................................................................. 1203.2.4 Position spindle ......................................................................................................................... 1213.3 Traversing axes......................................................................................................................... 1223.3.1 Traverse axes by a defined increment...................................................................................... 1223.3.2 Traversing axes by a variable increment .................................................................................. 1243.4 Positioning axes ........................................................................................................................ 1253.5 Swiveling ................................................................................................................................... 1263.6 Simple face milling of workpiece............................................................................................... 1303.7 Default settings for manual mode ............................................................................................. 1334 Machining the workpiece ....................................................................................................................... 135
