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From Geopak to PCDmis

RBHouse
My company is currently running a retro-fit Mitutoyo that still has Geopak on it. At any moment the Geopak could die. I have been given the task of training all the inspectors how to use PCDmis. Problem is I am new to it myself, and I have never operated the CMM using the Geopak software. I have used alot of information on site to get through most situations. After training a couple of inspectors, they would like to find a way to run it somewhat like the Geopak runs. Ex. Position the probe at an approximate center of a hole at the depth you want to check it at, hit the circle key, tell it how many hits, etc..Basically, do an Auto circle without making a full blown program with alignments an such. We mostly just do round stuff that we can't check any other way. Can PCDmis do this? Or any other suggestions?

Thanks for any input on this subject,
Ron
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  • Ex. Position the probe at an approximate center of a hole at the depth you want to check it at, hit the circle key, tell it how many hits, etc..Basically, do an Auto circle without making a full blown program with alignments an such. We mostly just do round stuff that we can't check any other way. Can PCDmis do this? Or any other suggestions?

    Thanks for any input on this subject,
    Ron

    Hi Ron, welcome to the forum.

    I have a question - and don't take this the wrong way -

    Why do you use a CMM if "alignments and such" aren't required? That's why
    the CMM is used; it's a tool that can correctly align a part (per the specs.)
    and inspect the features. There are other ways to check "just round stuff"
    that will be easier (and maybe faster) than the CMM.
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  • Ex. Position the probe at an approximate center of a hole at the depth you want to check it at, hit the circle key, tell it how many hits, etc..Basically, do an Auto circle without making a full blown program with alignments an such. We mostly just do round stuff that we can't check any other way. Can PCDmis do this? Or any other suggestions?

    Thanks for any input on this subject,
    Ron

    Hi Ron, welcome to the forum.

    I have a question - and don't take this the wrong way -

    Why do you use a CMM if "alignments and such" aren't required? That's why
    the CMM is used; it's a tool that can correctly align a part (per the specs.)
    and inspect the features. There are other ways to check "just round stuff"
    that will be easier (and maybe faster) than the CMM.
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