- Use the Set up the workpiece function to set the preset:
- Affix a real workpiece in the machine’s working space
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| | - Select the Manual operating mode
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| | - Insert the workpiece touch probe
- Manually position the workpiece touch probe above the workpiece at a notable point (e.g., a corner)
Tip This step makes the subsequent steps easier.
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| | - Select the Setup application
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| | - Select Set up the workpiece
- The control opens the Set up the workpiece menu.
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| | - Select a 3D model matching the real workpiece
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| | - Select Open
- The control opens the selected 3D model in the simulation.
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| | - If necessary, open the Change the preset window
- Select a new preset if necessary
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| | - Select the Apply function if necessary
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| | - Pre-position the 3D model by using the buttons for the individual axis directions within the virtual working space of the machine
Tip For pre-positioning the workpiece, use the workpiece touch probe as a point of reference. Even during the setup process, the shift functions are available for correcting the fixture position manually. Then, probe a new point.
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| | - Define the probing mode (e.g., XY Clamping plane)
- Position the workpiece touch probe until the control shows a green arrow pointing downward
Tip As the 3D model is only pre-positioned at this point in time, the green arrow cannot provide any reliable information about whether the desired surface of the workpiece will actually be probed. Check if the workpiece position in the simulation and in the machine match each other and if probing in the direction of the arrow is possible on the machine. Do not probe directly near edges, chamfers and roundings.
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| | - Press the NC start key
- The control probes in the direction of the arrow.
- The control displays the status of the Z axis in green and shifts the workpiece to the probed position. The control marks the probed position with a point in the simulation.
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| | - Repeat this process in axis directions X+ and Y+
- The control changes the status of the axes to green.
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| | - Probe another point in axis direction Y+ for the basic rotation
- The control changes the status of the SPC spatial angle to green.
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| | - Probe the check point in axis direction X–
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| | - Select Compensate the active preset
- The control saves the determined values in the active row of the preset table.
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| | - Exit the Set up the workpiece function
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