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Redo alignment after tip rotation?

If I do a DCC alignment to the part's datums in A90B180, then rotate the tip to A90B0 to use DCC mode to measure something else, do I need to re do the DCC alignment from scratch? Assume calibration is good on all tips and tip angles. I have heard you need to re-measure everything in the alignment, and I have heard you do not. It seems like a huge waste of time to me.  It seems like our CMM program cycle times are all double what they need to be.  Using PC-DMIS 2023 on a Global S Chrome.

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  • If you are chasing sub 0.0005" tolerances, re-measuring datums after a probe rotation will mitigate any additional variation caused by probe angle/calibration changes. 
    --So it really depends on what kind of reproducibility/accuracy you are needing to quantify.   IMHO if you have 0.005" tolerances, yes it's a complete waste of time.

  • As   stated, it depends on my tolerances for the features that I will be measuring and in most instances I will not remeasure datum features. I have hole position callouts on some parts that are a low as Ø 0.015mm on some surgical instruments and for this I am using a star probe and before I measure the hole I will touch off on the 2 datum surfaces (Y and Z) with the 90° styli that I be measuring the holes with.

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  • As   stated, it depends on my tolerances for the features that I will be measuring and in most instances I will not remeasure datum features. I have hole position callouts on some parts that are a low as Ø 0.015mm on some surgical instruments and for this I am using a star probe and before I measure the hole I will touch off on the 2 datum surfaces (Y and Z) with the 90° styli that I be measuring the holes with.

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