Or write a script looping through the commands checking if a command is a load probe command
dim pcapp as object
set pcapp = crretaeobject("pcdlrn.application")
dim pprog as object
set pprog=pcapp.activepartprogram
dim cmd as object
dim cmds as object
set cmds=pprog.commands
for each cmd in cmds
if cmd.isloadprobe then
'do something here with the information
msgbox(cmd.id)
end if
next cmd
set cmds=nothing
set pprog=nothing
set pcapp=nothing
That's not been tested by the way it was typed in from memory so there might be typos / slight syntax errors but it demonstrated the right approach.
I place a document comment at the beginning of all my programs.
First I state which probes the program uses.
Then I state what features of what part the program will check.
Then I have setup instructions.
Lastly I have a log of which version of Pc-Dmis the program was created in, when, and by whom. This gets updated as "ran ok version.......date....person" every 6 months or so or more often when there is a revision change to the part I summarize what changes if any to the program along with "version. . . . date. . . who"
This practice allows me to open a program and easily see what probes are needed, what the setup is like, and when the program was last run quickly and without searching.
I also make it a habit to leave a bookmark at every loadprobe command in every program so I can easily skip to them for qualifying before running the program.
Wes, you are definately my CMM Hero, I would love to see some of these "Template" programs.
Sekhar, Another thing you may want to utilize is colors. Shift + F6 then click the + next to Parameters, then select the Load Probe, Edit, Select your color and you can see every Load Probe statement by quick scrolling through your program and waiting for that color. This color scheme will load on all the programs from that point until you change colors again. Colors help me denote almost everything in my program.
$$ NO,
THIS PROGRAM WILL USE THE 1_5X60
AND THE 5X100 TO CHECK SEQ 140 5 AXIS
MILL WORK
PART IN V-BLOCS WITH RIGHT END
TO THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE.
LEVEL FLAT AND ALIGN TO MACHINE
AXIS. SEE PICS
THIS PROG. COMPLETED: 8-18-06 -W.C.
FOR OLD P/N XXXXXXXXX
MOD/UPGRADE/REV_UP TO XXXXXXXXX
3.7MR3 10-21-07 -W.C.
ran ok 3.7MR3 5-31-08 -W.C.
REV UP TO D
RAN OK
2010 5-19-10 -W.C.
REV UP TO F
RAN OK
v2010 3-21-11 -W.C.
RAN OK
v2010(Release) 6-20-11 -W.C.
EXPANDED TRACEFIELDS & ADDED REFRESH SCRIPT
RAN OK
V2011(Release) 2-23-12 -W.C.
RAN OK v2011(Release) 3-9-13 -W.C.
