Equate Alignments/Flipping A Part
I'm measuring a cylindrical part with different features on each side, there are true positions on one side relating to features on the other side. My goal is to make a program where the operator...
View ArticleDatapage 5.2 Error Message in CAD Report
On almost every CAD report I attempt to make, I am bombarded with errors reading: "Failed The '(' character, hexadecimal value 0x28, cannot be included in a name." We also see the error message:...
View ArticleSeemingly incorrect Z-deviation on X-Act Position
Hello, I have a link that I am attempting to measure with both PC-DMIS 2016 on our Sheffield and with Calypso 2016 on our Zeiss. It consists of two cylindrical I.D.'s, perpendicular to one another,...
View ArticleProbe code not showing up in program
does anyone have any ideas on the LOADPROBE not showing up in the code? By the way the TIP Acommand isn’t either
View Article2018 r2
is anyone else having trouble when you rename the the reporting of a feature control frame using xactmeasure, it changes the name back to fcfloc"whatever"?
View ArticleOne Liscense on a domain for multiple users?
I have PCDMIS 18R1 loaded and it works fine. Problem is, we need to be able to have multiple users on a domain use the software. Can PCDMIS be liscensed on a domain or is it 1pc=1 user= 1 liscense?
View ArticleCalibrate single tip STDDEV
Hello, When you use calibrate single tip it reports the following... Code: CALIBRATE ACTIVE TIP WITH FEAT_ID=SPH2, QUALTOOL_ID=1.00002 Ø, MOVED=NO AXIS THEO MEAS DEV STD DEV X <15.5512 15.5511...
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Calibrating with Parameter Sets
Hi y'all. Ok I searched but didn't find what I was looking for. I'm at a fairly new machine (to me) and I'm having trouble with Parameter Sets. I have clicked each angle in the order I want to have...
View ArticleTrue Position of a circle
dear all, I am new guy for PCDMIS, currently I am using PC-DMIS rev 4.3 and 2012. recently, I found a problem with a program for my product. it is about a true position of a circle, please refer to...
View ArticleHole axis
Hi guys, Is there a way to create the hole axis from the cad model. Please help. I'm running 2017 R2
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Measurement of scan length
I work in a facility where we make transmission insulators for power lines. We have to measure what they call leakage per customer drawing. We recently purchased a CMM machine and now EVERYONE wants...
View ArticleRomer demo block drawing
Hi All! Anybody knows , where can i find the drawing of Romer demo block (not CAD modell , in pdf format)? Thanks in advance: Pepppe
View ArticleProbe calibration
Hey everyone, Currently calibrating a probe and getting a message 'probe exceeds limits' any know what the best protocool to carry out for this?
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Auto calibration error
Hi, Some months ago I did an little auto calibration program for our 4 probes (we have a probe changer). This worked good until now... When finish the calibration of the master probe on the sphere, the...
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Coordinate Metrology of Freeform Surfaces
Good morning, anyone here familiar with this book, I'm hoping it can help me with analog scanning.
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Help with concentricity
So ive been going round and round with our customer trying to get our cmm measurements to come anywhere close to their cmm measurements. datum a is the large partial circle on the far arm of the...
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Measured vs. Actuals
I am trying to report true position of two holes (CIR9 & CIR10). T e actual values in the program tree show one set of values, but in the report viewer, a different set of values are shown. The...
View Article"Program Closed Due to Bad Archive"
I am running PC-DMIS 2017r2 on a Sheffield CMM. When trying to open an important and necessary program, I get an error message that says "Program Closed Due to Bad Archive". Does anyone know the cause,...
View Articletp2 hits not responding
every now and then the machine will take points in the middle of a program but won't beep. After taking a couple hits like this, the CMM will fault out with board error and the only way to reset is to...
View ArticleHelp with simple script
Could someone help me with this script. It's just a simple script to open and display a text file at the end of the program run, bit I keep getting random line errors. I don't script much so it's...
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