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?
As I had to transit programs from Geopak, I was convinced it was best to stay with Mitutoyo (and I realize this site is devoted to PC-DMIS). The main reason was that the programs have some similarities with MCosmos, the later version, if you will, of Geopak. What helped a lot, too, was that I was able to print the programs from Microsoft Word (or Wordpad), and us them as a guide to creation in MCosmos. You could do that with the other programs, as well yet with slightly more difficulty. If I recall, the file to print is the one with the ".P" extension. Access is gained through DOS. You can also copy the files to a Windows PC, and print from there.
As I had to transit programs from Geopak, I was convinced it was best to stay with Mitutoyo (and I realize this site is devoted to PC-DMIS). The main reason was that the programs have some similarities with MCosmos, the later version, if you will, of Geopak. What helped a lot, too, was that I was able to print the programs from Microsoft Word (or Wordpad), and us them as a guide to creation in MCosmos. You could do that with the other programs, as well yet with slightly more difficulty. If I recall, the file to print is the one with the ".P" extension. Access is gained through DOS. You can also copy the files to a Windows PC, and print from there.