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Hard Probing

Hey,

I am having a problem understanding how the hard probing works and how it automatically snaps to a certain vector. We have attempted to take hard probed points from different directions on the exact spot (or as close as possible to) and it seems to come up with different vector numbers and about a .06" difference in location in the desired direction of measurement. I have yet to try to work on an angled piece I am going one step at a time because sometimes there are just spots and holes that you can't get the scanner to but I want to make sure that I am getting the exact measurements and not something that is .06" off because I didn't hit it right at the point. What sucks is it seems like it is snapping to a certain vector depending on how I have the probe head pointed and we may be good with aligning the head to the surface but there is no way that point is being taken at exactly 90 degrees from that surface. And then when I am doing a hole it gives me the same vectors as if I were grabbing it from an edge. We are doing this without CAD at the moment just to try and get a better understanding. If anyone has any suggestions on this it would be greatly appreciated.

-Fred
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  • Hey,

    I am having a problem understanding how the hard probing works and how it automatically snaps to a certain vector. We have attempted to take hard probed points from different directions on the exact spot (or as close as possible to) and it seems to come up with different vector numbers and about a .06" difference in location in the desired direction of measurement. I have yet to try to work on an angled piece I am going one step at a time because sometimes there are just spots and holes that you can't get the scanner to but I want to make sure that I am getting the exact measurements and not something that is .06" off because I didn't hit it right at the point. What sucks is it seems like it is snapping to a certain vector depending on how I have the probe head pointed and we may be good with aligning the head to the surface but there is no way that point is being taken at exactly 90 degrees from that surface. And then when I am doing a hole it gives me the same vectors as if I were grabbing it from an edge. We are doing this without CAD at the moment just to try and get a better understanding. If anyone has any suggestions on this it would be greatly appreciated.

    -Fred


    Use auto features and auto trigger, if you don´t have the CAD just define the feature with the required data depending of the feature type (XYZ-IJK, diameter, etc).
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  • Hey,

    I am having a problem understanding how the hard probing works and how it automatically snaps to a certain vector. We have attempted to take hard probed points from different directions on the exact spot (or as close as possible to) and it seems to come up with different vector numbers and about a .06" difference in location in the desired direction of measurement. I have yet to try to work on an angled piece I am going one step at a time because sometimes there are just spots and holes that you can't get the scanner to but I want to make sure that I am getting the exact measurements and not something that is .06" off because I didn't hit it right at the point. What sucks is it seems like it is snapping to a certain vector depending on how I have the probe head pointed and we may be good with aligning the head to the surface but there is no way that point is being taken at exactly 90 degrees from that surface. And then when I am doing a hole it gives me the same vectors as if I were grabbing it from an edge. We are doing this without CAD at the moment just to try and get a better understanding. If anyone has any suggestions on this it would be greatly appreciated.

    -Fred


    Use auto features and auto trigger, if you don´t have the CAD just define the feature with the required data depending of the feature type (XYZ-IJK, diameter, etc).
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