DDOF error message
A Program that has been running for a year now has "DDOF: PHC9 - invalid control character" in the Execution box. The Program stops at the A0B0 line in the code.
View Article2017 R2 SP2 + rotary + vision... Nothing new !
All is said in the title... The rotary doesn't turn with the vision dlls. It can turn manually, it turns with "MOVABS" command in the terminal, but not from PC-DMIS... Could someone looks into 2014.1...
View ArticleDatum A (without datum's @ different levels??) true position Or flatness??
I've been asked the question by our 'designers' , how to report on the drawing the position of datum 'A' . its 1 surface at '0' & 2 surfaces 30mm offset. i said i think you ought to ask what...
View ArticleScan: constructing circles from half-circle scans
Hey fellows I scanned 2 half circles and then tried to create 1 - 360 degree scan from them and it seems to be fishy. Here is my code, Thanks and War Eagle. SCAN1 =FEAT/CIRCLE,CARTESIAN,IN,LEAST_SQR,NO...
View Articlefixing a sprung touch probe
Hi All, I traveled my probe the wrong way when it had an unexpected hit, and "pushed" it further into the part. When I got it off the part, and re-calibrated it, it is hitting unexpectedly when...
View ArticleFind hole settings
**SOLVED** I ended up putting a read point, origining to the read point, and measuring my diameter that way. See code below. Thanks for all of your help. Code: MOVE/INCREMENT,<0,0,0.25>...
View ArticleIncrement Report Alphabetically
I have a 20 x 20 group of circles. I have a Loop to offset the Yaxis and a loop to offset the Xaxis. On my PDF report I want the X axis to increment numerically on the report and the y axis to...
View ArticleThermal expansion part and CMM
I am not very familiar with thermal expansion and the role it plays when it comes to CMM. The way I see it, is when the temperature in the room changes, the part may grow (based on the material...
View Articlecircular movement
how can I measure a plane and have the cmm movement go in a circular movement.. I am leveling on a flat shoulder and I want my cmm movement to go in a circular motion around an object
View Article2016 report printing issue
I've been using the same vb.net application to print (PDF and hard copy) from PCDMIS 2011 for a few years now. In 2016 it no longer works the same. After printing once, it will not print a second time....
View ArticleDataPage+ Stats report help.
When I try to send a stats report to file from datapage I get the attached message. It send the report to file but there is no data in it. Not sure what the problem is, I assume its something in the...
View ArticleLoop entire program
I have never looped before. How do I loop an entire program and get it to report both sets of dimensions? I have a cylindrical part that I measure once, then I intend to stop the program with an...
View ArticleVB PCDMIS & Excel with Copy-PasteSpecial and Skip Blanks
Anyone have any luck with VB and getting the SkipBlanks:=True to work when copying one set of cells of a spreadsheet to another spreadsheet? Basicially what I am doing is having PC-DMIS export data...
View ArticleImporting vector point values.
I have been given quite a list of vector point coordinates along with IJK vector directions our customer wants checked on their parts. Is their anyway to program this other than keying the information...
View ArticleNeed to add operator inputs to all programs
Is there a way to add input comments to all existing programs with out going into every single programs and adding it? Also when choosing to auto save a report, is that a global setting or just for the...
View ArticleOnline programming from a distance
Hi Guys, I am planning to place some camera's in my CMM. With these camera's I don't have to go to the machine to test products and help operators. My aim is to place the camera('s) on the side of the...
View ArticleLaser Scanners
I have used Romer arms with DMIS for a few years now, but never had one with a laser scanner before. I may have an opportunity to take on a new role in a facility that uses a scanner to do profiles on...
View ArticleTrue position with xact measure very slow
Hello.Has anyone seen xact measure slowing down significantly as features are added.?When I try to add features to create a tp tolerace it works ok with a few features but when I get to let's say 30 or...
View Articletrouble finding hole
The parts are sheet metal ( motorcycle fenders at the moment) and my experience with sheet metal is non existent for programming. The program is in cad and the problem I'm having is the part is not...
View ArticleMirror Programs
Good day all. New problem here for me. It's been many years since I've used mirroring to create a left hand part from a right hand one. I use read point but not that this should matter. This is all off...
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