Im a Demis Newbie, Im really good at C@!^pso, what should i know......

Hi,

Many years ago after 9 years as a PC-DMIS programmer I was desperately looking for work (was a victim of downsizing). I found a job but it was programming C@!^pso. I figured it must be similar and just like you found it to be substantially different. I am now back to programming PC-DMIS after convincing the company to get a B&S machine. I know the differences very well. Don't lose hope because PC-DMIS has many, many shining qualities.
The first one to mention is the Edit Window: I always run from Command mode, almost everything is there to edit or no more than one click away (you don't have to dig through dialog box after dialog box to change stuff).
Vectors: You will need to learn vectors because that is key to PC-DMIS. Yes, in Calypso you could see vectors but you couldn't touch them.
Calibration: By no means are calibrations tied to programs as a matter of fact calibrations are extremely powerful. Yes, it is true that you have to be in a program to calibrate a probe but it doesn't have to be the probe used in that program. You only need to calibrate what you need to (Mark Used) and if you need to change to a different probe you just select the probe you want and the A,B angles all, by design, match (no choosing which left or front goes with which right or back) AND you don't have to requalify every probe every day.
Points: Yes, PC-DMIS is all about points. It's about making collections of points that are points, circles, cylinders, planes, scans, etc. Calypso is all about circle functions, cylinder functions, plane functions, etc. With PC-DMIS you are able to precisely position points and precisely position points based off of other features to measure features that you never thought were possible before. I do it everyday.
Patterns: In PC-DMIS you can create a feature, a constructed feature, a dimension, and anything else related. Select and copy all of this. Then create a pattern and everything is patterned into new features. (all just as easily editable as the original, not "locked" up inside of a pattern function).
The CTRL keys: ctrl U (run program from cursor position), ctrl E (run single feature), etc are very big allies.
Alignments: alignments in PC-DMIS are very, very powerful, not limited to only using specific features, and not limited to the amount of constructed features you can use. One thing I did like about Calypso was you could rotate to an X, Y, Z coordinate in "space". In PC-DMIS I do a construction between two separate alignments to accomplish this. In PC-DMIS alignments are "daisy-chained" throughout the program (each builds off of the previous) or recall alignments bring back previous alignments. They are not "tied" to each feature.

All in all I find that I am at least 3 to 4 times more productive and by far can measure parts more comprehensively than my Calypso counterparts. So don't be discouraged, it is a little bit of a learning curve to switch.

Hi,

Many years ago after 9 years as a PC-DMIS programmer I was desperately looking for work (was a victim of downsizing). I found a job but it was programming C@!^pso. I figured it must be similar and just like you found it to be substantially different. I am now back to programming PC-DMIS after convincing the company to get a B&S machine. I know the differences very well. Don't lose hope because PC-DMIS has many, many shining qualities.
The first one to mention is the Edit Window: I always run from Command mode, almost everything is there to edit or no more than one click away (you don't have to dig through dialog box after dialog box to change stuff).
Vectors: You will need to learn vectors because that is key to PC-DMIS. Yes, in Calypso you could see vectors but you couldn't touch them.
Calibration: By no means are calibrations tied to programs as a matter of fact calibrations are extremely powerful. Yes, it is true that you have to be in a program to calibrate a probe but it doesn't have to be the probe used in that program. You only need to calibrate what you need to (Mark Used) and if you need to change to a different probe you just select the probe you want and the A,B angles all, by design, match (no choosing which left or front goes with which right or back) AND you don't have to requalify every probe every day.
Points: Yes, PC-DMIS is all about points. It's about making collections of points that are points, circles, cylinders, planes, scans, etc. Calypso is all about circle functions, cylinder functions, plane functions, etc. With PC-DMIS you are able to precisely position points and precisely position points based off of other features to measure features that you never thought were possible before. I do it everyday.
Patterns: In PC-DMIS you can create a feature, a constructed feature, a dimension, and anything else related. Select and copy all of this. Then create a pattern and everything is patterned into new features. (all just as easily editable as the original, not "locked" up inside of a pattern function).
The CTRL keys: ctrl U (run program from cursor position), ctrl E (run single feature), etc are very big allies.
Alignments: alignments in PC-DMIS are very, very powerful, not limited to only using specific features, and not limited to the amount of constructed features you can use. One thing I did like about Calypso was you could rotate to an X, Y, Z coordinate in "space". In PC-DMIS I do a construction between two separate alignments to accomplish this. In PC-DMIS alignments are "daisy-chained" throughout the program (each builds off of the previous) or recall alignments bring back previous alignments. They are not "tied" to each feature.

All in all I find that I am at least 3 to 4 times more productive and by far can measure parts more comprehensively than my Calypso counterparts. So don't be discouraged, it is a little bit of a learning curve to switch.