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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 can be 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:
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: