Tool Resources for Probing

Ball Stylus

This tool is represented below with its geometric characteristics.

The geometry attributes used in this resource are:

Nominal Diameter (D)	MFG_NOMINAL_DIAM
Overall Length (L)	MFG_OVERALL_LGTH
Length (l)	MFG_LENGTH
Ball Down Length (ld)	MFG_BALL_LENGTH_DOWN
Body Diameter (Db)	MFG_BODY_DIAM

This tool type has four compensation sites P1 to P4, which are located on the tool as shown below.

Manufacturing technology and feedrate attributes used in this resource are:

Type of stylus	MFG_STYLUS_TYPE
Material of the stylus	MFG_STYLUS_MATERIAL
Maximum machining feedrate

The attributes is set to define a disk stylus in which the probe is a portion of the sphere (see example below).

Cylinder Stylus

This tool is represented below with its geometric characteristics.

The geometry attributes used in this resource are:

Nominal Diameter (D)	MFG_NOMINAL_DIAM
Overall Length (L)	MFG_OVERALL_LGTH
Length (l)	MFG_LENGTH
Cylinder Length (lc)	MFG_CYLINDER_LENGTH
Body Diameter (db)	MFG_BODY_DIAM
Corner Radius (Rc)	MFG_CORNER_RAD

This tool type has two compensation sites P1 and P2, which are located on the tool as shown below.

Manufacturing technology and feedrate attributes used in this resource are:

Type of stylus	MFG_STYLUS_TYPE
Material of the stylus	MFG_STYLUS_MATERIAL
Maximum machining feedrate