FARO arn V's Dmis alignments construction

Are there any FARO arm users that can explain the differences if any in alignment creation between these 2 software, I had thought that LEVEL,ROTATE, ORIGIN was standard and is in all the software I have used but not sure about FARO.

Am asking as I have had an inspector from our parent company placed with my department and he seems completely lost with the basics of using alignments in programs, he was there lead inspector/programmer using a FARO arm for the last 5 years.

acgarcia over 6 years ago

We got a faro arm that use CAM2 but i've never used it. I do use polyworks for the arm and yeah, level, rotate, and origin is what you do.
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UKCMM over 6 years ago

Thanks that is what we thought, the programmer I had assigned for what I expected to be just a familliarisation training week to get him up and running is not impressed.
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drewk1 over 6 years ago

I've used cam2 a lot in the past and yes its the same: Level, Rotate and Origin and you can also Iterative align and best fit.
It was quite a while a go so the actual methods used in the software are now quite hazy...
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VinniUSMC over 6 years ago

It's possible that he just spent most of his time using the arm as a glorified height gage using the built in Quick Measure tool.
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UKCMM over 6 years ago in reply to VinniUSMC

I think you are right, had a good chat with him today any he admitted they never used any alignments. Would have been nice to have known his skill level prior to having him forced upon me as I have been told he cannot go back to our parent company.
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VinniUSMC over 6 years ago in reply to VinniUSMC

Ouch. For your sake, I hope he's a quick study.
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ruidoso over 6 years ago

Level, Rotate and Origin

Faro arm with Metrolog here
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Darrollh over 6 years ago

Every software I've ever used has use Level, Rotate, and Origin to align a part. Even programming in cam, the wording is different but the objective is the same.
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Kp61dude! over 6 years ago

I had to go over to the portable world meanwhile the new CMMs were ordered and put in the new lab, I was there for 1yr. I found that all 3 of the 'inspectors' had zero to no experience prior to picking up the arm. Long Story Short...

We all used Verisurf. In that software you can import a CAD, pick a few target points and be on your way..... SCARY RIGHT!!!! No knowledge of 6 degrees of freedom or what Datums do is required lol. I can't even explain the worry I had of getting our 'doors closed down'.

I took it upon myself to help these inspectors. They were a bit stubborn and didn't take advice very well...at first. By the end of the year I was able to 'teach' them just enough to keep them out of trouble. Some were humble enough to put the portable arm down and eat with the 'bench inspectors' but not all.
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