New romer arm

Hi my learned colleagues.
I haven't posted on the forum for quite a while (at the point where I knew everything i needed to know i guess!)
Anyway, i have years of experience with PCDMIS on our cmm, but we have just bought a romer arm with pcmis portable to run it. Anybody give us a heads up for likely issues that may arise?
Any feedback at all would be greatly appreciated!

newguy over 13 years ago

Just keep an eye on vectors and probe comp. Sometimes it will flip the vector of the points you measure.
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jleond over 13 years ago

Read the Portable section in the Help files, especially the "pulled hits" topic that is very important to understand when measuring your initial alignment and "Probe trigger options" used for "auto features" and to get the best possible final alignment.
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juangsheng over 13 years ago

While using with PCDMIS Portable, try not to use the "Guess" features.
I would strongly suggest select the features that you wanted to measure prior to measuring the part.
For inner circles, remember to End Feature inside the hole, for outer circle, End Feature outside the shaft.
For any first hit on any features, try to have the probe normal to the surface of measurement.
Some tips for PCDMIS Portable, hope it helps.
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Jmaster over 13 years ago

Another recommendation would be to use the Quick Start window. This allows you to see how many points, Workplane or feature selections, and quick access to some aligments, constructions and dimensions.
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