Offset Force? What is best?

I have the same machine and sensor and I use these settings for my parameters (left side), per the 202 class.  Keep in mind that these settings will only be applied when the dropdown in your "advanced" tab is set to "global."  When selecting "auto," PCD takes into consideration tolerances, probe length, diameter, features to be scanned etc to determine the best parameters.  "Custom" is obviously up to the programmer.

Ok thanks. I took that course as well and was trying to find that part in the lessons. I wish we would have got to spend more time scanning in the class.

Ok thanks. I took that course as well and was trying to find that part in the lessons. I wish we would have got to spend more time scanning in the class.

As a side note, I tend to trust the auto parameters when it comes to adaptive scanning.  I did a test with a precision ring gage, doing adaptive cylinder scans for every probe, with each having their own auto parameters based on the info I listed above.  I called out size and form for each probe and all of the results were within .00015" of each other.  It may not *actually* mean anything (after all, it IS a precision gage), but it did make me feel better about using those parameters.

You really shouldn't have to mess with the force or Probe Option Settings. Although often you will for point density, scan speed, UPR, etc. within scanned features. Although this will update the Global Parameters vs doing a custom setting.