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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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  • As others have stated you can do a readpoint, make sure you place a operator comment before the read point something like " place the tip inside the ID as close to the center as you can, about .100 below the surface "
    Then create a circle auto or measured and that's it. Not the best method but it does exactly as you want.

    Operator Comment
    Read point
    Alignment with XYZ zero on the read point
    Measured or auto Circle.
    Dimension

    You will still need an alignment bit its an easy one. Only XYZ orgin. Once you have creayed that program, just do save as and create many more programs with different sizes and hits.


    Or if you want to do it right measure it as a cylinder and level to it.

    Ps. To get the readpoint, just simply start typing readp then clcik tab and it should create a readpoint.
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  • As others have stated you can do a readpoint, make sure you place a operator comment before the read point something like " place the tip inside the ID as close to the center as you can, about .100 below the surface "
    Then create a circle auto or measured and that's it. Not the best method but it does exactly as you want.

    Operator Comment
    Read point
    Alignment with XYZ zero on the read point
    Measured or auto Circle.
    Dimension

    You will still need an alignment bit its an easy one. Only XYZ orgin. Once you have creayed that program, just do save as and create many more programs with different sizes and hits.


    Or if you want to do it right measure it as a cylinder and level to it.

    Ps. To get the readpoint, just simply start typing readp then clcik tab and it should create a readpoint.
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