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I sent you a folder with a form and sample prg on passing the input to PC-DMIS. If you don't receive it let me know, your companies filters may strip it out.
View ArticleMachine Stopped
Good morning, I have started the machine this morning and I am getting a TCP/IP communication failure. Switch to RS-232? What does that mean and how to fix it?
View Articletip calibration stall
Today while running a normal tip calibration the machine stopped after some of the probe rotations, this was not good because it had not finished up before the morning runs.
View Article"Encountered an improper argument" hovering cursor over...
This has been plaguing me for eons. It's kind of like the first time an optometrist corrects your vision and you realize you've been dealing with crappy vision up until that point... Well, I've had...
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Anyone looking for software that will upload from the PC-DMIS files? Dimensional Inspection Software, Inc. is now available again. This software will upload rich text files created within PC-DMIS and...
View ArticleBuilding a New Calibration Sphere
I'd like to build a new calibration sphere for using smaller diameter sytli. I have a 5mm sphere mounted at 45 degrees on a base. I know my two position vectors will be .707 based off how it's...
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Needing help, Having issues
We are running Pc Dmis 2013 MR1 and has been running smoothly for the longest. recently we have been fighting with the probe flipping upside down in the graphics display window after the manual plane...
View ArticleTR_FG014, Wrist error (Cant find a issue like mine on other posts)
I have a TR_FG0`14,wrist error. It seems to be unlike anything else I have seen in other posts. First I just saw the CMM running so I am sure it was not crashed. A guy just finished checking a part. He...
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Midpoints in bends on a tube
Hello all. I was wondering if anyone could explain how to get some of these points in this drawing, and hopefully help in getting a dimension. For this part, I would create a plane on the left end of...
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True Position: Datum Shift Discrepancy
I have an angled brackets. Two holes on each surface, angle is at 125°. Datum A is a plane, Datum B is a hole through Datum A, which is perpendicular to A. There is a hole on a 125° angled surface in...
View ArticleAuto Features on a live Part
Good afternoon, i want to know how to do auto Features on a live part. I've always programmed from CAD and whenever I programmed an actual part, I used measured features .I know I'm backwards but...
View ArticleDefault ID for unique features
Is there a way to keep default ID's for each type of feature in a program. Example, I program 15 holes ...Hole_1, Hole_2....ect Then I program a slot, default the ID to SLOT_1 Go back to programming...
View ArticleNeed New Distribution Board
My Excel 9-15-9 Cmm Took a dump. They say it needs a new distribution board 80-410-212 in the controller. They no longer sell these, does anyone know were I might get one or have board rebuilt? The...
View Articleprobe build graphic
I've built a probe (9=-WAY) with two knuckles on tips 2 & 6. I need both knuckles to be rotated down (Z-) & outward (X+/X-) @ 45°. Does the graphic have to visually match the actual stylus...
View ArticleProbe Utility Tools not found
IT loaded ver 2019 onto laptop. When I try to build a probe there is nothing there. Is there a Utilities file that needs to be loaded onto the laptop?
View ArticlePause between taking hits
I'm running a Global S Green. We use Touch Trigger and when I'm running the program there is a Giant pause in-between the hits on the core. I ran the same program previously and this program has not...
View ArticleMarked Set Icon 2019 R1
Hi all!! I have been using PC-DMIS for a couple of years now. Last year they sent the 2018 R1 when we renewed our license. When I installed it, there was no longer a marked set icon on the toolbar (...
View ArticleAxes flip on program startup
Hi All, I'm having an issue with programs I'm writing for the Romer Arm. Every time I open up any of the programs and run through it, the axes I'm setting up are flipping. So this program I wrote...
View ArticlePCDMIS losing its mind...
I recently upgraded from 2013 to 2018 R2. For the most part the upgrade went as expected. However, every day when I power up my CMM and try to launch 2018 from the task bar by right clicking and...
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