I have used the clearance cube function with most of the programs I have written when I download a CAD file. Occasionally they don't work. The cube is activated, it is displayed on the graphic window and the probe paths seem to avoid it when run in offline mode, When I run the program online the probe tries to take the shortest distance through the part. Any ideas? I have tried re-writing the program and got the same result. I cant post my code here because our security protocols do not allow the CMM to be connected to our network because of the administrator privilege required to run PCDMIS.
If you open up Clearance Cube definition and click on the Status tab, there's a table that lists all the features. You can turn Clearance cube on or off or individual features there. You can also tell the CMM which direction to clear i.e +X, -X, +Y,-Y, +Z,-Z or along the tip vector. You can also tell it to Clear before or after the feature or both.
I've had Clearance cube turned off for individual features without knowing for sure how it happened.
Like I said, might solve the problem or might not. I think the table does not exist in the 2023 version of PC DMIS but I'm not using that version.
If you open up Clearance Cube definition and click on the Status tab, there's a table that lists all the features. You can turn Clearance cube on or off or individual features there. You can also tell the CMM which direction to clear i.e +X, -X, +Y,-Y, +Z,-Z or along the tip vector. You can also tell it to Clear before or after the feature or both.
I've had Clearance cube turned off for individual features without knowing for sure how it happened.
Like I said, might solve the problem or might not. I think the table does not exist in the 2023 version of PC DMIS but I'm not using that version.
