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PC DMIS Offline programming for Romer

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PC-Dmis Cad 4.3 MR1

I know this part of the forum is for CMM but there is only one person on the portable forum so I dont think I would get much help there.
I want to write a program offline for our new Romer arm. I only have PC Dmis Cad 4.3 on my computer. We have PC Dmis Portable on the computer where the arm is located. So basically what I think I need to do is get the Probe files for the arm from the pc that runs the portable software and put those files on my pc at my desk. That way I won’t get errors when I try to right a program offline. I will be able to call up the Romer probe offline. Can this be done, or do I need to install the Portable software on my pc? If it can be done can anyone tell me how to do it?
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  • Just a point of note for everyone to be aware of. Although your programs can interchange between the bridge CMM and the Romer, and work rather excellently, if you plan to scan a part within an existing program with your laser scanner to get auto features - it will not work. The contact parameters for a laser are different than that of the probes, so obviously, when it comes time for the auto features to be executed in your program you will get an onslaught of error dialogs. Certainly sucks, but, I haven't seen any way around it just yet. Just thought I'd throw that out there though in case someone were to find themselves in a big company demo situation like myself and get hammered later by your boss because the holy grail wasn't able to do what was advertised. Even though this was never advertised, you know what the bosses hear when attending demos. So, just thought I would try to help prevent someone else from getting sacrificed should the situation arise.

    Since you seem to know..... is there any issue in doing contact measurements for alignments (either planes/lines/circles or tooling balls) then doing laser scanning later in the program? We are looking at the Absolute arm, 7 Axis, SI for doing RE work. Currently I am making a 'master plate' that any and all details will go on (it will also work for 2-D RE on the CMM), and the plate itself will be aligned (dowels are in the plate, detail sits on the dowels), then laser scanning the form.
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  • Just a point of note for everyone to be aware of. Although your programs can interchange between the bridge CMM and the Romer, and work rather excellently, if you plan to scan a part within an existing program with your laser scanner to get auto features - it will not work. The contact parameters for a laser are different than that of the probes, so obviously, when it comes time for the auto features to be executed in your program you will get an onslaught of error dialogs. Certainly sucks, but, I haven't seen any way around it just yet. Just thought I'd throw that out there though in case someone were to find themselves in a big company demo situation like myself and get hammered later by your boss because the holy grail wasn't able to do what was advertised. Even though this was never advertised, you know what the bosses hear when attending demos. So, just thought I would try to help prevent someone else from getting sacrificed should the situation arise.

    Since you seem to know..... is there any issue in doing contact measurements for alignments (either planes/lines/circles or tooling balls) then doing laser scanning later in the program? We are looking at the Absolute arm, 7 Axis, SI for doing RE work. Currently I am making a 'master plate' that any and all details will go on (it will also work for 2-D RE on the CMM), and the plate itself will be aligned (dowels are in the plate, detail sits on the dowels), then laser scanning the form.
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