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Probe Orientation When Programming CAD With A Flip

KBPCDMIS
Hello,

Working with CAD programming for the first time and i'm having some weird issues with the orientation of the probe. The program checks one side of the part and then has the operator flip the part and realign. To program this I followed advice from past forum posts and "mirrored" the CAD while keeping the original, then hiding the original in CAD Assembly so I could program the 2nd side. The issue that i'm running into is after doing this PCDMIS always has the probe in position for the 2nd CAD model. This creates an issue for me when trying to optimize paths or run collision detection because the probe is upside down & crashing into everything for the first half.

Is there some way to manually change the probe orientation? How do I overcome this?
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  • I create "flips" in almost any program I write. I'm not a fan of having multiple programs for each operation so I have one program per part number and just add "flips" inside that one program for each operation and have individual marked sets.
    When I "flip", I reset everything. Reset the alignment to Startup, set your workplace correctly. Put the program in Manual mode. Recall my optionprobe settings, movespeeds, and other settings. Recall my tip and angle (even if it's the same as the flip before). I'll then either import another CAD and offset 12in or more in X (to keep the program separate) or transform my current CAD with the "keep original" option checked. Then start writing a program like I normally would. If the program uses the same exact starting but flipped 180deg, then I copy and paste with pattern from the first "flip" by whatever offset my 2nd CAD was transformed to. But the key is to reset everything so you're basically starting as a fresh new program. One program I forgot to reset my alignment to "startup" and had issues until I fixed it.
    Going this route, you shouldn't have issues with probe orientations.
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  • I create "flips" in almost any program I write. I'm not a fan of having multiple programs for each operation so I have one program per part number and just add "flips" inside that one program for each operation and have individual marked sets.
    When I "flip", I reset everything. Reset the alignment to Startup, set your workplace correctly. Put the program in Manual mode. Recall my optionprobe settings, movespeeds, and other settings. Recall my tip and angle (even if it's the same as the flip before). I'll then either import another CAD and offset 12in or more in X (to keep the program separate) or transform my current CAD with the "keep original" option checked. Then start writing a program like I normally would. If the program uses the same exact starting but flipped 180deg, then I copy and paste with pattern from the first "flip" by whatever offset my 2nd CAD was transformed to. But the key is to reset everything so you're basically starting as a fresh new program. One program I forgot to reset my alignment to "startup" and had issues until I fixed it.
    Going this route, you shouldn't have issues with probe orientations.
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