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?
Re-program Brian. It's the best and safest way. Any conversion software will not do a sufficiently good job. Geopak isn't DMIS either and I haven't heard of any conversion software.
Its painful to re-program but it will pay dividends, not only in the quality of the programs but also the training and development of the individual.
Re-program Brian. It's the best and safest way. Any conversion software will not do a sufficiently good job. Geopak isn't DMIS either and I haven't heard of any conversion software.
Its painful to re-program but it will pay dividends, not only in the quality of the programs but also the training and development of the individual.