Digitizing

2D Digitizing cycle:

The probing will occur in the XY plane and will digitize around bosses and pockets. The point cloud generated will be saved into 2 files. One in g code format and the other in CSV, comma separate file.

3D Digitizing cycle:
3D probing will occur in the XYZ work area and will digitize in rows and columns statring at the XY above the starting position. The probe will move down to the initial position, then move in I and J until the final XY limits are reached. The point cloud will be saved into 2 files. The XYZAB g-code will be saved into a file NAME.NC and the XYZAB point cloud data will be saved into a CSV,
comma separated file with the same name.

2D Digitizing Fixed Cycle Procedure

L9101 R1+11. R2+[step over distance] X[initial move] Y[initial move] A+R8[A pre-positioning move] B+R9[B pre-positioning move]F[touch feed rate] (NAME+

XL9101 R1+11. This is indicates that this is a digitizing function

R2+# - The R2 parameter will set the distance between digitized points. For example, R2+0.01 will step over 0.01 inches/mm to find the next point on the surface. When R2+0 is set, the R2 = 0 indicates “demo” mode. The digitizing portion will not start, just the position moves will be made. This demo mode should be helpful when testing out the digitizing g-code program.

X# Y# - This is an incremental move that will be made to find the first point to digitize. This starts the initial motion in the correct direction to find that point. After this point is recorded, the digitizing cycle will automatically move around the inside or outside of a surface to acquire an enclosed set of digitized points.

F# - This is the feed rate used when digitizing., Y and Z must be properly balanced using the 5811 service program.

3D Digitizing Fixed Cycle Procedure

L9101 R1+12. X[cube limit] Y[cube limit] Z[cube limit] I[X grid increment] J[Y grid increment] F[touch feed rate] (NAME+

X# Y# Z# - XY ending point of the digitizing cube. The Z value will be the highest Z to move when probing.

I# J# - Incremental moves that will make up the digitizing grid. The cycle will increment in X the I amount, and zig zag the Y with the J amount.

F# - This is the feed rate used when digitizing., Y and Z must be properly balanced using the 5811 service program.
(NAME The comment will define what file name to use when saving the digitizing data that is saved to the SD card. Optional, include a + to append to the existing “NAME.NC” file that has been already created.