alignment question
so i have tried everything i can possibly think of to make an alignment on a part. i cant take screen shots of it unfortunately either... its pretty much has alot of flats with radius everywhere on it....
View Article2017 vs 2018
I am extremely new to the CMM world. I have started a new job in July and I have been playing around with the CMM machine trying to figure out how it is programmed/operated. We have recently upgraded...
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radius question
so i need to find that radius and the degrees of this part. but i am completely unsure on how too do this... i put another picture to the side to try and show what im working with here. the only two...
View ArticleWhich B&S cmm has the longest granite table
We are quoting business and my boss asked me to look into a new or pre-owned B&S cmm that could check a part that is 8 feet long. Any ideas?
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PC-DMIS Forms not shown in INSPECT
Hi all, I have written a program in PC-DMIS 2017 R1 and while executing in the PC-DMIS my forms do show up, when running the program in INSPECT they do not! Inspect is waiting for a continue command...
View ArticleCMM Running super slow
PcDmis 2017 R2 SP11 on a Brown and Sharp Mistral stops to 'think' for 20-30 seconds on every move, even between hits. Programs that ran for about 10-15 minutes total, are now a few hours. Tried taking...
View ArticleBarcodes in Reports
Morning Everyone, I'm currently working on automating and error-proofing our production tooling inspection process. This involves the elimination of typos via bar codes when moving data to our SPC...
View Article2017 R2 SP12 on ftp...
I found this service pack on the ftp website, but not on the usual http... ftp://wilcoxassoc.com/PC-DMIS-Versio.../2017_R2/SP12/ Release Notes - 2017 R2 SP12 • PCD-145623 - Fixed an issue where...
View ArticlePC-DMIS 2013 MR1 Offline marks external command opening existing program...
Good day all, I have come to find that the PC-DMIS offline suite is un-marking an external command we have in all our programs, one which outputs to QDAS at the end of the program, when I open an...
View ArticleUsing Sub-programs
Hi Guys. There is a first time for everything, I'm told. I have never worked with sub-programming before, at least not with PC-DMIS. I have 4 versions of a part, and some of the geometry are on all 4...
View ArticlePC-DMIS 2011 MR1 download
Does anybody know where i can download PC-DMIS 2011 MR1? Hexagon only goes back to 2012.
View ArticleHexagon H007621 Air Dryer
Has anyone had experience with Hexagon's H007621 - Multi-CMM Air Dryer / Filter (110V)?My inquiry is not about the use or need of an air dryer ( its been covered many times over here). The question is...
View ArticleWhich Probe Module?
I am going to put together our first star probe, for this company. We will be using a 6" extension from the module to the star probe connection block. Should I use a heavier force module than the...
View ArticleIncorrect Bonus Tolerance on datums
Good morning everyone anyone knows how to fix the incorrect bonus tolerance from datums? In D2 appears bonus tolerance of .016 (see attach picture), I can't understand why. Thanks in advance.
View ArticleAxis Errors
We are getting a lot of X, Y, and Z Axis errors causing our machine to fault out in the middle of a program. It will even sometimes do this when the machine is not moving and no program is running. We...
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View ArticleCMM won't finish booting
Our Browne & Sharp Micro Xcel PFX 454 does not seem to fully "boot-up". We had an air system loss in the facility which resulted in an air fault/error on PC-DMIS. After air pressure was restored,...
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