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Program slowing down computer
I have a program I am using to trouble shoot some production issues with and it involves a whole bunch of scanning on hundreds of parts. I don't usually program for production, so I want to know if...
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Datum & Position Callout
Trying to diminsion position on this part. I take this as they are calling this feature to form Datum E, but they also call E as the Primary Datum. When I enter the information in the Feature Control...
View ArticleBlank Report
We just upgraded to v2017.1 from v2015 (both in Operator Mode) for the lab techs. In 2015 the Report would automatically populate on the screen after measuring a part and the tech could review the...
View ArticleUpgraded dmis version export data issue!
Morning guys, Updated to PC Dmis 2017.R1 and upon exporting my data to a text file for use in my formulated spreadsheets i am encountering a problem with added lines of data from auto features. For...
View ArticlePdf reporting in Pcdmis 2016
We are currently experiencing a problem when saving reports as Pdf's the live program shows display precisions as correct (3 decimal places in mm and 4 in inches) the same goes for the report window...
View ArticleProfile Measurements
I've never had a profile reference on a print before. Suddenly, we have about a dozen prints with profiles referenced. All of them are on very slightly curved surfaces (i.e. 2' long by 1/4" wide parts...
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Discontinuous CAD lines
Hi, When switching on/off solid view, I get discontinuous lines (cf attached pics); is this a CAD file issue or does it come from PCDMIS ? Thank you
View Articlecircle hit point total not matching what you tell it
Has anyone had an issue with defining a circle and the hit points that show up in the code don't match what you told it to put in? I've had this issue a couple of times. I tell it to use 4 hit points...
View ArticlePrint Edit Window with background colors
I have "Print background colors" checked in my Output Configuration dialog. But when I print the edit window it only prints the font colors as black and blue. It doesn't matter if I print to PDF or...
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I have a family of parts that I'd like to use subroutines to measure. This would be my first time using them, so I just wanted to post quickly to see if I have the right idea. I will have about a half...
View ArticlePc-dmis to cpk
Hey, good Friday to everyone. We recently got work from a new company and they are requesting CPK report. I've never personally had to do CPK myself so I was wondering how I would go from my PC-Dmis...
View ArticlePrinting a partial report?
Let's say I just want to print the last 6 pages of the inspection report. I want to set this up so it is automatic...no selecting. When the measurement routine completes I want to send only the final 6...
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Feature Control Frame GD&T temporary trihedron question
Good afternoon, When creating a Feature Control Frame for True position, PC-DMIS is creating a temporary trihedron for me. thank you PC-DMIS, but you've rotated it 180 deg. and thrown my nominals for...
View ArticleAlternative to Find Hole for larger bores
Probably somebody has already thought of this, but just in case they haven't... On larger bores, Find Hole is way too slow, even with the touch speed jacked up. We normally have our touch speed set to...
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View ArticleCycle machine without a proe on it
EVALUATING A USED CMM WHERE THEY HAVE NO PROBE HEAD Does anyone know if there is a setting to change to home and cycle the machine without any probe head attached?
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Access PC DMIS Object library
Hi all I've started dabbling in Visual Studio a little more and I've become unstuck, No matter what i try I can't seem to access the PCDMIS object library. I have added a reference to...
View Articlepoints for datum -B- not ending up at nominal on the part.
I am using basically a 3-2-1 alignment. I have it go through 3 of them to make sure it has the part aligned correctly. After it is done it shows my points for datum -B- (which are normal to Z and...
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