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Manual Tool Diameter Measure for Special Tools

Updates tool diameter register for irregular shaped tools or tools with a hole in the center of the bottom.

This cycle is used to measure the diameter of irregularly shaped tools or tools with a hole in the center of the bottom.

Field	Code	Description
Tool#	T	Tool number. (Required)
		The T cycle parameter must be the same as
		the current tool in the spindle.
EstDiam	D	This is the rough diameter of the tool.
		(Required) The diameter specified in this
		cycle parameter should be larger than the
		actual diameter of the tool being measured
		but no more than 0.04" (1.0 mm) over. If
		you have a left-handed tool, you would give
		a negative value to the diameter so the
		spindle turns on in the forward direction.
DistDown	E	The incremental distance from the current
		Z Retract amount to go down along the side
		of the probe stylus when doing a diameter
		pick. The maximum E value is 0.55" (13.97
		mm) or the tool may crash into the probe or
		table. If you enter a value larger than 0.55"
		(13.97 mm), the control issues an error
		message. If E is not set, the cycle uses a
		default value of 0.1" (2.54 mm). (Optional)
		[Default: 0.1"]
		Ball nose cutters and special cutters that
		require a move down more than 0.55"
		(13.97 mm) are not supported.
		NOTE: Z Retract Amount is set in the Tool
		Probe Parameters.
OvrMed	M	This is the override for the medium
Feed		feedrate that was set in the machine setup
		parameter ZFirstPickFeedRate_Medium.
		Sometimes there may be a tool that has a
		large diameter making it necessary to slow
		it down to prevent the touch probe from
		being hit too hard. This can only be set
		slower. Trying to set this higher will result
		in the software using the original feedrate.
		(Optional)

7.3 Probing Cycles

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