Looping not working right after a tool change and calibration??? What's wrong???

So, I tried to get my feet a little bit wet with looping, and I'm missing something or doing something wrong here and I can't figure it out. Basically, I've been running one part with a manual alignment and then 2 DCC alignments. That way I could open up the part number, do a manual alignment on the table where the part is, and after the first setup, I can just start the program where DCC begins so I can be more productive by just slapping a new part up there and running it DCC. I want to be able to run more than one part at once by just offsetting it in Y. I have 2 parts on the table, the original part location, and then after the first part is done probing, I ask it to move down 11.5" in Y and re-measure the second part. I have 2 probes that I'm using. It measure with a 4mmx20mm probe first, then changes to a 1mmx40 mm, calibrates, inspects some of the finer holes, then it switches back to the 4mmx20mm probe so the next part can be ready and it calibrates that probe as well. I'm running into a problem where basically It inspects the first part just fine with both probes on all the holes...it then inspects the second part with the 4mmx20mm probe just fine...but when it does a probe change to the 1mmx40mm probe, it tries to calibrate off my sphere...but the sphere has "moved" -11.5 inches in Y- , the same amount of space that the offsets for the loop is telling my program. I can't figure this out, because the 4mmx20 mm probe does just fine on the second part...it's the second probe for some reason that has trouble. I'm going crazy here! I'll post the code so y'all can see it. I will take any suggestions or hints. I know some people might not like how I'm running it? Basically it might be more efficient to run all of the first probe on BOTH parts, then change tools and probe both parts as well. Yes, the tool changing might be excessive. But...it shouldn't affect the program and do what it's doing to me??? This doesn't make sense.


MODE/DCC
V1 =LOOP/START,ID=YES,NUMBER=2,START=1,SKIP=,
OFFSET:XAXIS=0,YAXIS=-11.5,ZAXIS=0,ANGLE=0
MOVESPEED/ 250
TOUCHSPEED/ 3
FLY/ON
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<-0.0075,2.3808,7.921>
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<4.134,2.3808,2.5197>
PLN2 =FEAT/PLANE,CARTESIAN,TRIANGLE
THEO/<5.7484,1.842,0>,<0,0,1>
ACTL/<5.7485,1.8418,-0.0045>,<0.0002279,-0.0007598,0.9999997>
MEAS/PLANE,3
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<3.9052,1.3284,0>,<0,0,1>,<3.9051,1.3 281,-0.0045>,USE THEO=YES
                  (CODE REMOVED TO SAFE SPACE FOR FORUM)
ENDMEAS/
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<7.3177,-0.4021,1.109>
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<7.3177,-0.4457,-0.5434>
LIN2 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED
THEO/<0.1081,0,-0.6337>,<1,0,0>
ACTL/<0.1079,0.0084,-0.6336>,<1,0.000076,0>
MEAS/LINE,2,ZPLUS
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<0.1081,0,-0.6384>,<0,-1,0>,<0.1079,0.0084,-0.6385>,USE THEO=YES
                    (CODE REMOVED TO SAFE SPACE FOR FORUM)
ENDMEAS/
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<8.8349,-0.1429,3.0301>
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<8.8349,2.464,3.1052>
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<-1.0149,2.464,2.9871>
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<-0.821,2.464,-0.395>
PNT2 =FEAT/POINT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<0,2.0871,-0.3681>,<-1,0,0>
ACTL/<0.0111,2.0867,-0.368>,<-1,0,0>
MEAS/POINT,1,WORKPLANE
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<0,2.0871,-0.3681>,<-1,0,0>,<0.0111,2.0867,-0.368>,USE THEO=YES
ENDMEAS/
A2 =ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:STARTUP,LIST=YES
ALIGNMENT/LEVEL,ZPLUS,PLN2
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,ZAXIS,PLN2
ALIGNMENT/ROTATE,XPLUS,TO,LIN2,ABOUT,ZPLUS
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,YAXIS,LIN2
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,XAXIS,PNT2
ALIGNMENT/END
TOUCHSPEED/ 1
PREHIT/0.05
RETRACT/0.05
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<-0.9451,2.0871,2.4574>
                     (CODE REMOVED TO SAFE SPACE FOR FORUM)
PLN3-DATUM B =FEAT/PLANE,CARTESIAN,TRIANGLE
THEO/<4.7898,11.5,-0.7307>,<0,-1,0>
ACTL/<4.7909,11.5004,-0.7393>,<0.0000402,-0.999999,-0.0014355>
MEAS/PLANE,8
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<0.1503,11.5,-0.6915>,<0,-1,0>,<0.1515,11.5001,-0.7002>,USE THEO=YES
                     (PART OF CODE TAKEN OUT TO SAFE SPACE FOR THE FORUM, WAS JUST MEASURING A PLANE)
ENDMEAS/
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<8.0074,-0.1971,2.386>
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<8.0074,2.5067,2.3753>
PLN4-DATUM A =FEAT/PLANE,CARTESIAN,TRIANGLE
THEO/<5.7571,13.8907,0>,<0,0,1>
ACTL/<5.758,13.8904,-0.0083>,<0.0000803,-0.0002732,1>
MEAS/PLANE,12
               (PART OF CODE TAKEN OUT TO SAFE SPACE FOR THE FORUM, WAS JUST MEASURING A PLANE)
ENDMEAS/
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<7.3516,1.0049,3.4112>
              (CODE REMOVED TO SAFE SPACE FOR FORUM)
PLN5-BACKSIDE FOR COMPARISON =FEAT/PLANE,CARTESIAN,TRIANGLE
THEO/<6.2292,16.09,-0.7728>,<0,1,0>
ACTL/<6.2299,16.095,-0.7814>,<-0.0000332,0.9999996,-0.0008982>
MEAS/PLANE,9
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<11.4342,16.09,-0.6407>,<0,1,0>,<11.4354,16.0952,-0.6494>,USE THEO=YES
                 (PART OF CODE TAKEN OUT TO SAFE SPACE FOR THE FORUM, WAS JUST MEASURING A PLANE)
ENDMEAS/
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<-0.962,5.6591,2.1858>
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<-0.5673,5.6591,-0.5041>
PLN3-DATUM C =FEAT/PLANE,CARTESIAN,TRIANGLE
THEO/<0,14.0367,-0.4754>,<-1,0,0>
ACTL/<0.0007,14.0363,-0.4842>,<-0.9999982,0.0000008,0.001918>
MEAS/PLANE,17
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<0,16.0305,-0.7623>,<-1,0,0>,<-0.0001,16.0302,-0.7713>,USE THEO=YES
                       (PART OF CODE TAKEN OUT TO SAFE SPACE FOR THE FORUM, WAS JUST MEASURING A PLANE)
ENDMEAS/
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<-1.094,0.0399,2.1094>
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<2.0704,0.0399,3.2446>
A3 =ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:STARTUP,LIST=YES
ALIGNMENT/LEVEL,ZPLUS,PLN4-DATUM A
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,ZAXIS,PLN4-DATUM A
ALIGNMENT/ROTATE,YMINUS,TO,PLN3-DATUM B,ABOUT,ZPLUS
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,YAXIS,PLN3-DATUM B
ALIGNMENT/TRANS,XAXIS,PLN3-DATUM C
ALIGNMENT/END
CIR1-LEFT BORE OD =FEAT/CONTACT/CIRCLE/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,OUT,LEAST_SQR
THEO/<2.27,13.795,0.4>,<0,0,1>,2.94,0
ACTL/<2.2748,13.7989,0.3881>,<0,0,1>,2.9428,0
TARG/<2.27,13.795,0.4>,<0,0,1>
START ANG=0,END ANG=360
ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>
DIRECTION=CCW
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
NUMHITS=10,DEPTH=-0.05,PITCH=0
SAMPLE METHOD=SAMPLE_HITS
SAMPLE HITS=0,SPACER=0
AVOIDANCE MOVE=BOTH,DISTANCE=1
FIND HOLE=DISABLED,ONERROR=NO,READ POS=NO
SHOW HITS=NO
CIR2-RIGHT BORE OD =FEAT/CONTACT/CIRCLE/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,OUT,LEAST_SQR
THEO/<9.235,13.795,0.4>,<0,0,1>,2.94,0
ACTL/<9.2371,13.7989,0.3881>,<0,0,1>,2.9423,0
TARG/<9.235,13.795,0.4>,<0,0,1>
START ANG=0,END ANG=360
ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>
DIRECTION=CCW
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
NUMHITS=10,DEPTH=-0.05,PITCH=0
SAMPLE METHOD=SAMPLE_HITS
SAMPLE HITS=0,SPACER=0
AVOIDANCE MOVE=BOTH,DISTANCE=1
FIND HOLE=DISABLED,ONERROR=NO,READ POS=NO
SHOW HITS=NO
               (CODE REMOVED TO SAFE SPACE FOR FORUM)-CODE FOR MEASURING A BORE 
CIR17-BOTTOM RIGHT CLEARANCE HOLE =FEAT/CONTACT/CIRCLE/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,IN,LEAST_SQR
THEO/<6.276,12.355,-0.315>,<0,0,1>,0.56
ACTL/<6.2787,12.3591,-0.3269>,<0,0,1>,0.566
TARG/<6.276,12.355,-0.315>,<0,0,1>
START ANG=0,END ANG=360
ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>
DIRECTION=CCW
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
NUMHITS=10,DEPTH=0.065,PITCH=0
SAMPLE METHOD=SAMPLE_HITS
SAMPLE HITS=0,SPACER=0
AVOIDANCE MOVE=BOTH,DISTANCE=1
FIND HOLE=DISABLED,ONERROR=NO,READ POS=NO
SHOW HITS=NO
                         (CODE REMOVED TO SAFE SPACE FOR FORUM)-WAS CODE FOR NON-IMPORTANT CIRCLES NOT AFFECTED
CIR20-NEXT ADJACENT CLEARANCE HOLE =FEAT/CONTACT/CIRCLE/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,IN,LEAST_SQR
THEO/<5.156,14.295,0>,<0,0,1>,0.56
ACTL/<5.1596,14.2993,-0.0119>,<0,0,1>,0.5678
TARG/<5.156,14.295,0>,<0,0,1>
START ANG=0,END ANG=360
ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>
DIRECTION=CCW
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
NUMHITS=10,DEPTH=0.065,PITCH=0
SAMPLE METHOD=SAMPLE_HITS
SAMPLE HITS=0,SPACER=0
AVOIDANCE MOVE=BOTH,DISTANCE=1
FIND HOLE=DISABLED,ONERROR=NO,READ POS=NO
SHOW HITS=NO
CIR21-TOP LEFT CLEARANCE HOLE =FEAT/CONTACT/CIRCLE/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,IN,LEAST_SQR
THEO/<5.276,15.235,-0.315>,<0,0,1>,0.56
ACTL/<5.28,15.239,-0.3269>,<0,0,1>,0.566
TARG/<5.276,15.235,-0.315>,<0,0,1>
START ANG=0,END ANG=360
ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>
DIRECTION=CCW
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
NUMHITS=10,DEPTH=0.065,PITCH=0
SAMPLE METHOD=SAMPLE_HITS
SAMPLE HITS=0,SPACER=0
AVOIDANCE MOVE=BOTH,DISTANCE=1
FIND HOLE=DISABLED,ONERROR=NO,READ POS=NO
SHOW HITS=NO
CIR22-TOP RIGHT CLEARANCE HOLE =FEAT/CONTACT/CIRCLE/DEFAULT,CARTESIAN,IN,LEAST_SQR
THEO/<6.276,15.235,-0.2563>,<0,0,1>,0.56
ACTL/<6.2796,15.2389,-0.2681>,<0,0,1>,0.5663
TARG/<6.276,15.235,-0.2563>,<0,0,1>
START ANG=0,END ANG=360
ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>
DIRECTION=CCW
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
NUMHITS=10,DEPTH=0.065,PITCH=0
SAMPLE METHOD=SAMPLE_HITS
SAMPLE HITS=0,SPACER=0
AVOIDANCE MOVE=BOTH,DISTANCE=1
FIND HOLE=DISABLED,ONERROR=NO,READ POS=NO
SHOW HITS=NO
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<5.5233,2.3556,4.4173>
MOVE/INCREMENT,<0.0007,-0.0011,6>
MOVE/INCREMENT,<9,0.0005,-0.0011>
MOVE/POINT,NORMAL,<17.1669,-20.2313,10.1206>
LOADPROBE/ 1MM X 40MM
TIP/T1A0B0, SHANKIJK=0.0001, -0.0002, 1, ANGLE=0.003
CALIBRATE ACTIVE TIP WITH FEAT_ID=
SPH1-CALIBRATION TOOL =FEAT/SPHERE,CARTESIAN,OUT
THEO/<2.6061,-8.3221,4.4226>,<0,0,1>,0.9813
ACTL/<2.5995,-8.3296,4.4315>,<-0.0000314,0.0007901,0.9999997>,0.9841
MEAS/SPHERE,13
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<2.6428,-8.3562,4.9107>,<0.0749079,-0.0696,0.9947586>,<2.6318,-8.3602,4.9217>,USE THEO=YES
MOVE/CIRCULAR
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<2.8644,-8.5553,4.769>,<0.5260029,-0.4749804,0.7054889>,<2.8555,-8.5614,4.7817>,USE THEO=YES
MOVE/CIRCULAR
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<2.9066,-8.0994,4.7401>,<0.6124523,0.453895,0.6472105>,<2.8 97,-8.1022,4.7508>,USE THEO=YES
MOVE/CIRCULAR
              (CODE REMOVED TO SAFE SPACE FOR FORUM---WAS REST OF SPHERE-CAL CODING)
ENDMEAS/

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R2ah1ze1l over 1 year ago

So where are you now with the project, does your calibration routine work now? Does your loop function correctly or is there more to address?
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steelweaver120 over 1 year ago in reply to R2ah1ze1l

No, I did get it to work! (just not how my original problem was exactly set up) The problem that I had was the spheres not lining up/ the two were not matching in size or position. I must have tried at least a dozen times to get the single tip probe calibration to work. I eventually just decided to do Auto-cal and change the parameter set so it was only calibrating the 0,0 tip, which pretty much turned the auto-cal routine into the single tip probe calibration. I just can't find too much info about the single tip calibration...drawing the spheres is kinda shady to me...the program knows where my calibration sphere is, I don't understand why I have to draw it each instance in order for cal to work.... I usually want to learn the theory behind something, even if I'm using a certain feature or tool of a piece of software...but there isn't much information here is to WHY it does things behind the scenes. I kept having problems with the second calibration where it was moving the sphere along with the work piece in the loop. It's just not doing that with auto-cal. It makes me wonder if single tip is only supposed to be used for a custom one-off kind of calibration situation, or auto-cal is just more desirable anyways. I do want to go back one day to figure this out/ draw the spheres better to see if that was the whole problem, I'm just in a time crunch right now for work, if I have a day off to retool my old program I will. The parameter sets for auto-calibration is super easy to use anyways! I appreciate all your help!
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steelweaver120 over 1 year ago in reply to R2ah1ze1l

No, I did get it to work! (just not how my original problem was exactly set up) The problem that I had was the spheres not lining up/ the two were not matching in size or position. I must have tried at least a dozen times to get the single tip probe calibration to work. I eventually just decided to do Auto-cal and change the parameter set so it was only calibrating the 0,0 tip, which pretty much turned the auto-cal routine into the single tip probe calibration. I just can't find too much info about the single tip calibration...drawing the spheres is kinda shady to me...the program knows where my calibration sphere is, I don't understand why I have to draw it each instance in order for cal to work.... I usually want to learn the theory behind something, even if I'm using a certain feature or tool of a piece of software...but there isn't much information here is to WHY it does things behind the scenes. I kept having problems with the second calibration where it was moving the sphere along with the work piece in the loop. It's just not doing that with auto-cal. It makes me wonder if single tip is only supposed to be used for a custom one-off kind of calibration situation, or auto-cal is just more desirable anyways. I do want to go back one day to figure this out/ draw the spheres better to see if that was the whole problem, I'm just in a time crunch right now for work, if I have a day off to retool my old program I will. The parameter sets for auto-calibration is super easy to use anyways! I appreciate all your help!
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