Temperature compensation after the fact?
Does anyone have a good suggestion how to compensate everything for temperature manually, after a part program has been run? I.e. both dimensions and coordinates? Without too much work... In another...
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Jim, I see from your website you do on-site training. We have a Part we are machining that needs a "First Article Inspection". The Customer has provided us with a CAD MODEL of the Part. They would like...
View ArticleTips not correlating?
Yesterday I ran a part on cmm and in my program it switches tips to check a dimension. pc-dmis reported the position to be off by over .050 thousandths. I checked the part on the manual cmm and the...
View ArticleCMM Programme - Material Bent Compared to CAD
I am currently writing a simple programme where i need to measure in what position a slot is compared to a hole on the Z axis, when i come to auto measure to slot using sample hits, it hits the...
View ArticleHigh Point of Circle
I am attempting to locate the High Point of a circle, Being new to programming I am not quite certain how to do this. Any thoughts?
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2D distance with ADD RADIUS
I have a dimension from a line to the bottom of a round slot (add radius). I am scanning the slot, constructing the circle from a scan segment (.1875 theo) and creating my line from a linear open scan....
View Article"Relative To"__need clarification
All, I'm considering using relative measure in a program. Can someone clarify what it actually is? The help file is really long worded and isn't sinking in. My understanding is that if I have the...
View ArticleSheffield RCU auto mode turns off during use of ONERROR
Sheffield RCU auto mode turns off during use of ONERROR. I'm doing a drive move, looking for a space. If it hits something and gets an unexpected touch its supposed to move a little more and try it...
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Program/Report the SMALLEST diameter from mulitple measured diameters
I have a diameter that is very slightly tapered but is square within CAD. From the top surface, I measure the diameter every 0.5mm measuring about 10 cirles in all. Im trying to figure out how to...
View ArticleMaximum Point of a Scanned Profile
hi, everyone, I am attempting to locate the Max & Min Point of a profile Measured By Scanning, Being new to programming I am not quite certain how to do this. Any one can suggest me? Thanx in Advance
View ArticleExporting measured values from PCDMIS to Excel
Hi. It is a rather simple matter, but it is giving me a headache. I have a PCDMIS program measuring some stuff, then saving results into variables and saving them into a csv file. Problem i have is...
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Compensated points on a constructed cone
A little piece of code, for Christmas ! I had a cone, constructed from 2 circles hits, in a feature set. I had to estimate the "real" points, so I used the "magic PC-DMIS tool box" !!!!! Create a BFRE...
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and Happy New Year
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to everyone
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Impossible GDT callout?
Good morning. Once again I am baffled as to how to dimension a GDT callout. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. Most specifically the top dimension .010 to A
View Articlecreating lines...
what is the difference in some created lines... Like... best fit vs auto... I usually use best fit to create a 2d line as it usually works better than auto.
View Articlemeasuring holes
recently, I had a part to measure with holes on the outside dia of a thin wall cylinder.. The holes went all the way through and all the way around the circumference of the cylinder (Tube).. The wall...
View ArticleSince we are on the subject of interesting true positions of widths...
The .020 true position callout "on support clip zone" has me confused. It appears to be related to the "support clip zone" width, but I am having a had time figuring out what that width is related to....
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Datapage+ 5.0 Leader Lines
Good evening guys, I am using datapage+ and having problem with leader lines. All good values are getting hooked to the point with leader lines but I need bad values to be hooked up to leader lines on...
View ArticleDatapage+ question
How do I delete a database icon out of datapage+. Not sure what the Icon is exactly called.
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