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Career Aspiration - From inspector to programmer

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Hello. I have been working as a Fabrication Inspector for several years now. Of our five-person inspection team, I do 95% of the CMM programming, which I thoroughly enjoy. My inspection job has been rewarding, but I want to make a change.

My passion and skill set lie in programming, and I would like to transition into a career as a full time CMM programmer. This will not be possible with my current employer, so I have begun researching programmer jobs. Also, my company currently uses Zeiss Calypso software, but my investigation into programmer jobs has made it clear that I need to learn PC-DMIS.

My questions are:

1. Is there any way to obtain an offline seat for PC-DMIS for educational purposes (I cannot afford 10k for a standard offline seat)?

2. Does anyone have any advice on how I make this transition from inspector to CMM programmer?

Thanks for your time.

-Jeff
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  • There isn't much of a transition. The biggest part of programming is knowing how to inspect the parts and knowing GD&T. If you know that, youre 75% of the way there. As for the coding, I learned by trial and error and by asking a lot of questions. One of the things that helped me was the fact that I had been a CNC programmer for a while and made the hop to a Romer arm.

    PCD don't have a trial or educational off-line seat. Companies like Nikon (CMM Manager) and Metrologic (Silma X4) has trial software that is fully functional for 30 days. Good luck on the adventure.
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  • There isn't much of a transition. The biggest part of programming is knowing how to inspect the parts and knowing GD&T. If you know that, youre 75% of the way there. As for the coding, I learned by trial and error and by asking a lot of questions. One of the things that helped me was the fact that I had been a CNC programmer for a while and made the hop to a Romer arm.

    PCD don't have a trial or educational off-line seat. Companies like Nikon (CMM Manager) and Metrologic (Silma X4) has trial software that is fully functional for 30 days. Good luck on the adventure.
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