Tool Measurement
While Tool Measurement is enabled, a tool is measured during a tool change, after you confirm the new tool is loaded, and whenever you run the tool measure macro. Tool 0 is never measured. The spindle moves to the tool setter at X Position and Y Position in Tool Setter Position, then down to Z Start Position. From there it probes down toward the tool setter at Seek Feed, no farther than Seek Dist. On contact, it probes back up at Set Feed, no farther than 10 mm, until contact with the tool setter breaks. The Z where contact breaks is applied as the tool length offset with G43.1.
Your controller's own pages give its exact sequence.
Profile Section
The chip in the section's header switches tool measurement between Enabled and Disabled. A new profile starts with it Enabled. While it is disabled, the section cannot be expanded, and no tool is measured, either during a tool change or by the tool measure macro.
It can help to get tool changes working first, with tool measurement disabled, and enable it once they do.
Fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Z Start Position | The MACHINE COORDINATE Z where the spindle starts probing. It may not be above Z Clearance in Manual Position. |
| Seek Dist | The farthest the spindle probes down toward the tool setter. Default 70 mm. |
| Seek Feed | The feed rate of the probe down toward the tool setter. Default 200 mm/min. |
| Set Feed | The feed rate at which the spindle probes back up off the tool setter until contact breaks. This probe takes the measurement. Default 50 mm/min. |
The feed rates are flagged outside 25–1000 mm/min, and Set Feed is flagged if it is faster than Seek Feed. Seek Dist is flagged outside 10–125 mm.