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I have a new guy that just started and is telling me that, as of PC Dmis 2018, the software doesn't calculate round slot lengths, widths and locations correctly. So he measures all slots as square slots. 

I've been checking round slots for years with no issues and very good correlation between the CMM and hard gages. I would think, if there was an issue like this going back to 2018, it would have been addressed or something. 

Does any of this make sense to anyone or do I have a new guy making things up?

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  • How long has this guy been programming and where has he worked previously? Just curious

    Also, never had any issues with round slots that were PCDMIS related. Does he have examples of it calculating incorrectly or is he just throwing statements out without any evidence? 

    Finally, have you learned anything from him programming wise?

  • He's been a programmer for about 5 years... I think. He's a CAD only programmer and mainly knows how to check parts and do a few minor things.

    The other day I created a form with a simple radio button, to select operator info, and some code at the end of a program to check for out of tolerance results, display a warning message, and cancel the auto printing of the report. I think I completely blew his mind.

    Sadly, I learned from him that he thinks he knows way more than what he actually knows. I know a fraction of PC Dmis and this guy knows way less than me. He did show me that, when checking a diameter with a +/-.0002" tolerance, a 4 hit circle is good enough. That almost had me reaching for that rolled up newspaper.

    This kid may actually be the creator of PNT31, he's that good at programming.

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  • He's been a programmer for about 5 years... I think. He's a CAD only programmer and mainly knows how to check parts and do a few minor things.

    The other day I created a form with a simple radio button, to select operator info, and some code at the end of a program to check for out of tolerance results, display a warning message, and cancel the auto printing of the report. I think I completely blew his mind.

    Sadly, I learned from him that he thinks he knows way more than what he actually knows. I know a fraction of PC Dmis and this guy knows way less than me. He did show me that, when checking a diameter with a +/-.0002" tolerance, a 4 hit circle is good enough. That almost had me reaching for that rolled up newspaper.

    This kid may actually be the creator of PNT31, he's that good at programming.

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