TouchDRO Features
TouchDRO is a full-featured DRO application that provides functionality similar to a traditional universal digital readout console. It supports milling machine and lathe modes while offering adaptable user interface, superior usability, and improved ergonomics.
General Features
- Display for up to five axis readouts
- Three linear axes
- Angular axis
- Tachometer
- Graphical layout view Learn More
- Per-axis Absolute/Incremental display modes
- Per-axis Inch/mm display modes
- Axis input summing
- Real-time Feed Rate and Chipload display
- Integrated calculator
- Edge finder with centerline and hole centering Learn More
- Near-zero audible warning
- Linear error compensation
- Power-off memory
- Live digital readout data streaming over TCP and MQTT (TouchDRO Plus) Learn More
Milling Features
- Bolthole pattern calculations
- Pitch circle or arc
- Arbitrarily spaced circle or arc
- Bolthole grid pattern calculations
- Layout step-and-repeat
- Tool compensation: cutter radius compensation and tool length offsets from the tool library Learn More
- Tool library holding each cutter's diameter, flute count, and Z offset, so a mill with repeatable tool holders can change tools without a new touch-off Learn More
- Rotary table support, with the stored geometry turned to match the table (TouchDRO Plus) Learn More
- Head angle compensation, keeping X, Y, and Z correct with the head tilted or nodded over Learn More
Measurement and Inspection
- Measurement mode for milling machines (TouchDRO Plus) Learn More
- Point, point-to-point distance, circle from three points, line angle, and angle between lines Learn More
- Measuring with a touch probe, an edge finder, or a camera or microscope
- Probe library with a profile per instrument and tip diameter calibration Learn More
- Live video from a USB camera or microscope behind the crosshairs (TouchDRO Plus) Learn More
- Measuring axes squared to a part clamped at an angle Learn More
- Inspection log with text and CSV export Learn More
Turning Features
- Tool offset memory for a quick change tool post, keeping the zero through a tool change Learn More
- Cutter outlines imported from DXF and drawn to scale in the graphical view (TouchDRO Plus) Learn More
- Single-point thread cutting for ISO metric and Unified threads, with live depth and cut load tracking (TouchDRO Plus) Learn More
- Compound slide angle compensation, folding compound travel into the X and Z readouts Learn More
- Radius/diameter turning mode
- Real-time cutting speed display
- Real-time feed rate or thread pitch display
Sub Datum and Tool Memory
- Practically unlimited Stored coordinate/datum memory
- Practically unlimited predefined tool memory
- Support for multiple stored coordinate sets/workspaces
- Per-workspace origin setting
- Sub-datum tags and filtering Learn More
- Machine datums for fixed features of the machine, such as a vise jaw or a fixture plate Learn More
- Workspace rotate, flip, and scale commands Learn More
- Workspace export to DXF Learn More
User Interface Customization
- User-configurable display precision
- User-configurable display font
- Individual axis visibility control
- Support for multiple machine configurations
- Support for arbitrary input mapping and summing