You've figured out how to get to the probing VQC templates, right? Or is that the problem?
- Press Edit to get into editing mode (won't work from Mem)
- Press Prgrm/Convrs three times (until you get to the black VQC screens)
- Press F2 to get the template selection screen
- Down Arrow until you get to O09996 Renishaw VQC Probing
- Write/Enter
I do a vise corner in three steps. The probing template comes up with a bunch of choices. I use the Probing 1-9 templates. For most vise jobs, I put a work-stop in/on the left side of the work. I clamp a 1-2-3 block on there so I have a known square corner. That's almost always left as my G54. I program everything in Mastercam using that corner so I don't have to change setups.
Then I probe (using MDI for each cycle):
- The left edge (work-stop) using X Plus Surface
- The back surface (fixed jaw) using Y Minus Surface
- The top of the block (the parallels plus the block) using Z surface
After this, I go into the work offsets and subtract an inch from the Z work offset (to remove the 1-2-3 block height). This puts a fixed origin at the upper left corner, down on the parallels. I use this setup for almost everything I do that starts with a rectangular shape.
I see that there is a combination cycle in the second probing menu for doing a corner. I guess that would take care of two steps but it looks like you still have to probe the Z surface. In that case, it looks like you specify which corner you're using by inputting a number from the template display.
If I felt that I was 'wasting time' doing the three steps, I'd go to the trouble of combining them into one program. It goes so fast though, that I just haven't bothered. It's also good for me because I go through the motions of swapping screens, using the keypad, etc. It's reinforced my learning of the control which is more important to me right now, than outright efficiency.