Program Mode: when I position my probe it snaps to the cad
How come when I position my probe it snaps to the cad.....It just started doing this...I been using this technique for my move points... Please help Thanks Parrish Dial
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VBScript for reports
Hello everyone, I got a problem.. When the measurement ends I want to save report to specific location, depending on where the part was made (we have same part, but we make it on 2 machines).. I am...
View Articletip calibrations
Hi. We have multiple 7107 CMMs' with PCDMIS 2014.1 Leitz probe ( head HH-AS8-T5, LSPX1H-T ) We have 14 different tip builds and the probe changer only holds 9 probes. Typically, once a week on night...
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Small arc part alignment problem
Hello I have 5 similar part numbers that were re designed .In this case two cylinders are at 9 degrees each from center line established from rad -B-.My datums are-top plane is -A- large radius is -B-...
View ArticleTP reporting different between back to back parts
Anyone care to explain this one. I sure cant. I just ran a part, and the TP is calculating differently on the second part. Deviation Perpendicular to center line is turned off in both instances and...
View ArticleTertiary Datum MMB...SMH
Can someone explain this one to me? Something doesn't look right. I placed a material modifier on Datum C and Xact Measure calculates the bonus for the shift incorrectly, applies a 0.4 tolerance to the...
View Articlea VERY useful tool from the Help File!
Go to the Help file in PC-DMIS and search for 'A List of Available Data Types'. This gives all the string data for scripting and using assignments in your programming!
View Articletip calibrations: the need for a Master Probe that locates the sphere
Hi. We have multiple 7107 CMMs' with PCDMIS 2014.1 Leitz probe ( head HH-AS8-T5, LSPX1H-T ) We have 14 different tip builds and the probe changer only holds 9 probes. Typically, once a week on night...
View ArticleCad = part
From my previous question on this topic i was told that the part origin and the cad origin become in sync, my question is that , those things do the same function as the standard alignment (level...
View ArticleLooping a Loop?
Good morning all I hope you are all having a good day, I have a program that contains a simple loop to check multiple pockets on a valve rotator body, We have recently set up a few other machines to...
View ArticleProbe head removal for cable replacement
We need to replace a cable from the probe head controller to the probe, which is a ph10t renishaw. We may have to lossen and or remove the probe head to connect this cable- my question is if need to...
View ArticleSmall pc-dmis utilities downloaded from FTP
I downloaded a few utilities form ftp site: DmisConvertor, PCDRename, PCDRenameDimension, but only the DmisConvertor has the help file, the other 2 have no supportive documentation at all. Even though...
View ArticlePCDMIS or CMM Simulation Software
Good afternoon. I am looking for PCDMIS or CMM simulation software for either download or online. I am going to be out for at least a year recovering from major foot surgery. With that being said, I...
View ArticleMeasure tapered thread
Hello, I have a aluminum part 68mm DIA, 3.5 mm thick with a 3deg tapered thread. I measured it on the optical comparator and it's within 22 min. The customer wants it done on the Cmm with 4 points...
View ArticlePcdmis 3.5
Where can I get a good copy of PCDMIS 3.5? I'm wanting to download it so that I can practice
View ArticleArticle 4
Good evening, Where can I get a good copy of 3.5? I tried to get it from Wilcox and associates but something is wrong with their site.
View ArticleError flag
Has anyone encountered the error e-122, pops up and stops machine at anytime- machine is d-28 sheffield discovery 2 dc-dmis 2013, mr1.
View ArticleProblem - different deviation with different angles.
Hello all. I have one big problem. I measured length of one big part in Y direction (length of part cca 2 meters). 1. I found that I had different results depending which angle I used (at the same...
View Articleprobe calibration with z plus and x and y plus spheres
when I calibrate using the z plus sphere and then go to the y plus sphere the probe goes down to the y plus sphere and crashes, I set the clearance distance in z to 15 inches and it still goes down but...
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