#### Select Work Offset

Selecting a work offset at the beginning of your part program can make your program reusable; this must be done prior to measuring features.

1. From the main screen, choose the Select Work Offset soft key. The Select Work Offset screen appears:

3. Press the Work Offset soft key until the desired offset is selected from the Work Offset list.

4. Press the Execute soft key to activate the work offset on the machine.

Parameters Definition:

- Work Offset – Specifies the Work offset which is chosen to show the offset values in parameters and add to program.

- X Y Z – These read-only values show the Work Offset values. Values are read from the controller and shown when a work offset is selected in combo box.

Available Navigation Bar Soft Keys on this Screen:

| Backward When enabled, this soft key scrolls back to any additional buttons available on the first page for this screen. |  | Work Offset This soft key selects the named work offset from the list of offsets. Pressing this again will select the next work offset from the list. Multiple selections of this soft key will cause the Work Offset list to scroll.
| Confirm and Append Current Command to End This soft key confirms that the currently selected work offset will be made active in the program. |  | Return This soft key returns the view up one level to the previous screen.
| Forward When enabled, this soft key scrolls forward to any additional soft keys available on the second page for this screen. |  |

Choose the offset from the Work Offset list and view the offset values shown in parameters. Press the Confirm and Append Current Command to End soft key. NC Gage inserts the selected work offset into the program.