Just started at a new company a few days ago and they have a touch trigger scanning probe (sm25). I managed to set it up with no prior knowledge of what i was doing but all ive managed is single line scans. I dont have a CAD and need to know how to do a patch scan across the surface of the part. As of right now Ive managed to map the scan without issues but when I go to finish the feature and i goes to test it, the first point just jams into the part and stops. Any ideas?
Im not sure what they should be. Graphically, theyre facing the right direction but when i execute, the nominal value of the first point is lower than the actual position my probe stops.
The SP25 (I assume that's what you mean, the SM25 is a module for the SP25) is an analogue scanning probe, not touch trigger.
They're pretty expensive and fairly fragile, without proper training or prior experience you could be wrecking the equipment and / or getting inaccurate results.
Thats what I meant, its the SP25-SM25-1-SH25-1 altogether. I appreciate the heads up and i will be more careful, but unfortunately im the only CMM guy here and this machine has been unused for a little while. Im still not entirely familiar with what is what, ive only been doing this a year.
Yeah, proper training for anything is preferrable, but ive rarely had that choice -_-
No, Im just trying to make a surface scan of a part in a fixture so I can compare the location of points along the outside of the fixture edge (datum).
Im not sure what you mean a full scan calibration but I did calibrate with the fixed ball. I'll change the probing parameters. Point density was at two and force was at .12. Changing to Nullfilter, all the other options were already selected. About to take my lunch then Ill let you know how it runs after.
In the probe calibration window there is a box for partial calibration, uncheck that box so it does a full scan calibration, you are going to need to do this with your master probe as well. Also, when scanning try to scan with your most robust probe
