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Homing Issue

January 17, 2017, 6:15 am
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Good morning everyone. We have a B&S ONE along with our other CMM's and today it went crazy in a way that we don't understand. It lost it's tooling rack position, crashing and breaking the cylinder tip on the SM-25 SH-2 head assembly. Upon rehoming the machine from a total shutdown/startup we found that the machine is missing its home position by over 2.5 inches at startup from where it used to go at PCDMIS intialization. Any ideas what happened and how we can investigate this? Note: when it homes we still get the Cartesian x,y, & z positions indicating 0,0,0, in the lower corner of the computer screen but the probe head assembly is not physically in the old position in the upper left corner as it used to be.
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Importing XML Transaction Files.

January 17, 2017, 8:47 am
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Good morning everybody. I am encountering a unique situation today. I had some xml files of a part program ran on other machine. My datapage+ is showing all transaction out of tolerance even thought those are not.
Please View pic and I hope I somebody have gone through this unique situation.
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TRUE POSITION ON CURVED & ANGLED SURFACE

January 17, 2017, 9:50 am
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I have a part with hole true positions on a curved surface (along X/Y) that is at an angle to Z. PC-DMIS automatically uses all three axis and this is what I have always been told you had to use for this type of position, but when I look at my results 99% of the deviation is in the 'X' axis which according to engineering has nothing to do with the positioning for fit, form and function.

Any ideas?
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Pcdmis 3.5: the importance of a license

January 15, 2017, 5:41 pm
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Where can I get a good copy of PCDMIS 3.5? I'm wanting to download it so that I can practice
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Position and Profile of Slot

January 18, 2017, 3:02 am
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Hello, I have a part similar to what is attached calling for a profile and position of a slot. My thought is to take planes on the 3 sides of the slot and construct a cylinder which I will use for the position. Profile I can dimension each plane. What do you experts think? Thanks in advance.
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Default Checkboxes

January 18, 2017, 8:58 am
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Hi all!

I'm running PC-DMIS 2014. Is there a way to have no checkboxes selected by default?

Thanks,

Tim
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Reports

January 18, 2017, 12:53 pm
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How can I create PCDMIS 2013 reports in a word document?
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Serial Number in excel report

January 18, 2017, 6:45 pm
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I use tracefields in pcdmis to enter SN, inpector etc. DataPage+ collects all dimensions properly but when I send them to excel Serial Numbers are missing in the reports
any suggestion how to make it work?
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2016 SP6 is on

January 18, 2017, 11:19 pm
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Using Constructed Feature sets as Datums?

January 19, 2017, 7:27 am
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I thought I was told in training not to use Constructed Feature Sets as Datums? (Maybe I wasn’t my memory is slipping)

Picture a block with non-planer sides. I’ll use an iterative alignment, level to multiple points on top; rotate to two points on the sides, and origin with one point on the end. For datums I’ll then construct a plane from three top points for A datum, a 3D line from two side points for B Datum and single end point for C datum.

Could constructed feature sets be created on those three surfaces and used as datums? Any problem with that?

I’m using 2015.0 SP4.
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Pc-Dmis on Leica Laser Tracker

January 19, 2017, 7:51 am
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I'm looking to find out if there are very many of you using PC-Dmis to do probe work with you Leica Laser Trackers? Does it work like PC-Dmis on the arms for probe work?
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Converting PC-DMIS code (program) into DMIS code for inspector

January 19, 2017, 8:55 am
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So... anyone have any experience with this? I'm trying to learn how or what would have to be done converting PC-DMIS code into DMIS code.

Is it possible?

does it work well?

how much debugging is required if there is something available?

does PC-DMIS offer anything like that built in?

PLEASE ADVICE... greatly appreciated.

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Variables to control avoidance moves

January 19, 2017, 9:30 am
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Has anyone ever tried to use a variable assignment to change the distance of the avoidance move in an autofeature circle?
Seems like it should work but I never tried personally.
Hoping to avoid a crash in advance.
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2.5 degree probe angles

January 19, 2017, 1:38 pm
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I need to add 2.5 degree angles to some probes. I have an HH-AS8-T2.5 probe head, but cannot remember how to get the "add new angles" grid to show the 2.5 degree increments, or if there is a setting somewhere to get the controller to recognize the 2.5 degree rotations and elevations. Keying in the 2.5 degree angles in A & or B only results in 'illegal tip command' errors. Any help is appreciated.
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How to add a composite in Exact Measure?

January 20, 2017, 9:33 am
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I have the following feature control frame on a drawing. When I pick Perpendicularity, the composite option isn’t listed to add the flatness. How do I create this FCF? The A datum is a constructed width perpendicular to the B Surfaces. It will let me put them in individually, but not in the same FCF.
I’m using 2015.0 SP4.
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Self Centered Point

January 20, 2017, 11:41 am
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I'm a long time Calypso user and switch to a job where the primarily software is PC-DMIS. In the Calypso Point feature there is the ability to take a self center probing. This requires a scanning head and fits the probe into a feature that will "hold back" the probe (Cone, Slot, Hole, Ext). The CMM records a point at the center of the tip. There are a lot of functions where a self center point is useful. I'd like to use this to create gauge pins virtually using the same size probe tip. If I can take a self center point at tip center I can create a measurement where pins are not required. The pins locate into a slot on the part.

I'm wondering if this is possible in PC-DMIS.

Thanks.
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Case Variables are only returning Last Entered Values

January 20, 2017, 1:12 pm
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I keep stumbling into a problem where select/case I use for various programs does not consistently work. When using the below, it (sometimes) will only return 2 sets of the last input. The only solution I have found is scrap and retype the entire program. This is frustrating...Help?

Code:
COMMENT/OPER,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,AUTO-CONTINUE=NO,
THIS PROGRAM MEASURES 2 PARTS

POSITION PARTS CENTERED AT CMM LOCATION A AND C

LOGO TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE MACHINE

OPER1 =COMMENT/INPUT,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,
'PLEASE ENTER OPERATOR INIALS'

C9 =COMMENT/YESNO,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,AUTO-CONTINUE=NO,
WOULD YOU LIKE A HEADER PLACED IN THE OUTPUT FILE?

C5 =COMMENT/INPUT,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,
'PLEASE ENTER THE # OF PARTS TO BE MEASURED'

C1 =COMMENT/INPUT,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,
'PLEASE INPUT PART AT POSITION A'

CAVITY1 =COMMENT/INPUT,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,
'INPUT CAVITY'

WT1 =COMMENT/INPUT,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,
'INPUT WEIGHT'

C2 =COMMENT/INPUT,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,
'PLEASE INPUT PART AT POSITION C'

CAVITY2 =COMMENT/INPUT,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,
'INPUT CAVITY'

WT2 =COMMENT/INPUT,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,
'INPUT WEIGHT'

COMMENT/OPER,NO,FULL SCREEN=NO,AUTO-CONTINUE=NO,
!!!WARNING!!!

***DCC MODE IS BEGGINING***

!! - PLEASE STAND CLEAR - !!
MODE/DCC
CLEARP/ZPLUS,20,ZPLUS,0,ON
ASSIGN/V1=1
WHILE/V1<C5.INPUT+1
SELECT/V1
CASE/1
RECALL/ALIGNMENT,EXTERNAL,7X28SEAL_R
ASSIGN/DATE=SYSTEMDATE("MM'/'dd'/'yy")
ASSIGN/TIME=SYSTEMTIME("HH':'mm':'ss")
ASSIGN/NOMNECLATURE=OPER1.INPUT + "," + C1.INPUT + "," + CAVITY1.INPUT + "," + WT1.INPUT + "," + DATE + "," + TIME
END_CASE/
CASE/2
RECALL/ALIGNMENT,EXTERNAL,7X28SEAL_P2
ASSIGN/DATE=SYSTEMDATE("MM'/'dd'/'yy")
ASSIGN/TIME=SYSTEMTIME("HH':'mm':'ss")
ASSIGN/NOMNECLATURE=OPER1.INPUT + "," + C2.INPUT + "," + CAVITY2.INPUT + "," + WT2.INPUT + "," + DATE + "," + TIME
END_CASE/
END_SELECT/
MOVE/CLEARPLANE
A1 =FEAT/CONTACT/VECTOR POINT/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<-40,40,9.058>,<0,0,1>
ACTL/<-40,40,9.058>,<0,0,1>
TARG/<-40,40,9.058>,<0,0,1>
SNAP=NO
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
SHOW HITS=NO
A2 =FEAT/CONTACT/VECTOR POINT/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<40,40,9.058>,<0,0,1>
ACTL/<40,40,9.058>,<0,0,1>
TARG/<40,40,9.058>,<0,0,1>
SNAP=NO
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
SHOW HITS=NO
A3 =FEAT/CONTACT/VECTOR POINT/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<40,-40,9.058>,<0,0,1>
ACTL/<40,-40,9.058>,<0,0,1>
TARG/<40,-40,9.058>,<0,0,1>
SNAP=NO
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
SHOW HITS=NO
A4 =FEAT/CONTACT/VECTOR POINT/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<-40,-40,9.058>,<0,0,1>
ACTL/<-40,-40,9.058>,<0,0,1>
TARG/<-40,-40,9.058>,<0,0,1>
SNAP=NO
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
SHOW HITS=NO
MOVE/CLEARPLANE
B1 =FEAT/CONTACT/VECTOR POINT/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<-109.196,-58,8>,<-1,0,0>
ACTL/<-109.196,-58,8>,<-1,0,0>
TARG/<-109.196,-58,8>,<-1,0,0>
SNAP=NO
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
SHOW HITS=NO
MOVE/CLEARPLANE
B2 =FEAT/CONTACT/VECTOR POINT/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<-109.196,58,8>,<-1,0,0>
ACTL/<-109.196,58,8>,<-1,0,0>
TARG/<-109.196,58,8>,<-1,0,0>
SNAP=NO
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
SHOW HITS=NO
MOVE/CLEARPLANE
C.1 =FEAT/CONTACT/VECTOR POINT/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<0,120.183,8>,<0,1,0>
ACTL/<0,120.183,8>,<0,1,0>
TARG/<0,120.183,8>,<0,1,0>
SNAP=NO
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
SHOW HITS=NO
ALN_1 =ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:STARTUP,LIST=YES
ALIGNMENT/ITERATE
PNT TARGET RAD=0.5,START LABEL=,FIXTURE TOL=0,ERROR LABEL=
MEAS ALL FEAT=ALWAYS,MAX ITERATIONS=3,LEVEL AXIS=ZAXIS,ROTATE AXIS=XAXIS,ORIGIN AXIS=YAXIS
LEVEL=A1,A2,A3,A4,,
ROTATE=B1,B2,,
ORIGIN=C.1,,
ALIGNMENT/END
MOVE/CLEARPLANE

ASSIGN/CTQ4=CTQ4_R.X-CTQ4_L.X
ASSIGN/CTQ5=CTQ5_B.Y-CTQ5_F.Y
ASSIGN/CTQ6_0DEG=CTQ60_HIGH.Z-CTQ60_LOW.Z
ASSIGN/CTQ6_90DEG=CTQ690_HIGH.Z-CTQ690_LOW.Z
ASSIGN/CTQ6_180DEG=CTQ6180_HIGH.Z-CTQ6180_LOW.Z
ASSIGN/CTQ6_270DEG=CTQ6270_HIGH.Z-CTQ6270_LOW.Z
ASSIGN/CSVOUTPUT=NOMNECLATURE + "," + CTQ4 + "," + CTQ5 + "," + CTQ6_0DEG + "," + CTQ6_90DEG + "," + CTQ6_180DEG + "," + CTQ6_270DEG
FPTR =FILE/OPEN,"C:\Users\Public\Documents\WAI\PC-DMIS\2015.0\Reporting\.CSV",APPEND
IF/C9.INPUT=="YES"
IF/V1==1
ASSIGN/HEADER="7X28_LG_LOCKIT_LID_SEAL"
ASSIGN/HEADER1="OPER,SAMPLE,CAVITY,WEIGHT,DATE,TIME,CTQ4, CTQ5,CTQ6_0DEG,CTQ6_90DEG,CTQ6_180DEG,CTQ6_270DEG"
FILE/WRITELINE,FPTR,HEADER
FILE/WRITELINE,FPTR,HEADER1
END_IF/
END_IF/
FILE/WRITELINE,FPTR,CSVOUTPUT
FILE/CLOSE,FPTR,KEEP
GOTO/END
END =LABEL/
ASSIGN/V1=V1+1
END_WHILE/
MOVE/CLEARPLANE
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Measuring part on CMM without fixture.

January 20, 2017, 5:28 pm
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I am from auto industry. We measure parts on fixture with CMM tooling hole nominal we creat alignment and for each surface point we enter data to make CMM creat hits on part.

What should I do if I want to lay part on CMM table and tell the CMM to make hit on XYZ point by entering the nominals?
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Concentricity of threads to -A-

January 22, 2017, 2:12 pm
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Hello All,
I am looking for some opinions on how to measure this callout.

I was thinking of scanning the thread with the appropriate pitch set in auto cylinder...

or

Maybe creating lines on the angles of the threads then creating a circle tangent to the 2 lines. Repeat this many times then create a circle or cylinder out of all those circles to create the PD. (If Possible)

I haven't tried this but it was just me thinking over the weekend of how I will go about this.
I'm not even sure I can create a circle or cylinder out of a bunch or circles radially.

TIA

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Alignment Rotate

January 22, 2017, 2:25 pm
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I have been reading up on the forum to get my information. Most important is never alig without rotate.I rotate in my Rough alignment, do I have to rotate in the DCC alignment as well and do the features and axis have to be the same as Rough alignment ?
Secondly what is the meaning of Bounded / Unbounded & Yes / No toggle.
Thank you
Jamshed
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