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Keeping my programs organized.

PacMan23
I AM NEW TO THIS TYPE OF WORLD, I have only been doing this for about 4 months but luckily I have been able to learn quickly and have maintained my head above water. I have one engineer that is slightly familiar with PC-Dmis and CMMs but he is usually very busy and is not much help.

Either way I am having trouble staying organized with all of the programs I have, Part of the issue is having multiple programs of the same part but with slight differences - the reason I have so many programs like this is because the people in charge will usually Always come back and have me change or add some thing in the report. So if I save a copy of the program I ran I might just be able to make these changes without having to re run the entire program, which includes bringing the part back in, fixturing etc.

any tips or advice will be greatly appreciated. thank you .
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  • *darth vader voice* Welcome to the dark side. *end darth vader voice*

    It sounds like you work for a company that does not have the best control on revision levels of their products. What I would do to compensate on your end:
    Lets say you write a program for Part# 12345. The first program I write for this would be called 12345 Rev 0 and I would save it in a file called "Master CMM programs". I'd make myself a list of my master program titles,their revison level, and would write a brief description of what the change was from program version to the next. Each time a program changes, copy & paste that one...make your changes..ensure it is accurate...then re-name it Rev 1...Rev 2...etc...After doing so, move the now old rev program to its own folder named "Old CMM Programs". This way there, you're only running the latest and greatest when that part needs to be measured.

    By doing the above, you'd have your own way of tracking programs and their changes and you'd have an archive of all of your programs you've used to inspect product (in case a question comes up later about something).
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  • *darth vader voice* Welcome to the dark side. *end darth vader voice*

    It sounds like you work for a company that does not have the best control on revision levels of their products. What I would do to compensate on your end:
    Lets say you write a program for Part# 12345. The first program I write for this would be called 12345 Rev 0 and I would save it in a file called "Master CMM programs". I'd make myself a list of my master program titles,their revison level, and would write a brief description of what the change was from program version to the next. Each time a program changes, copy & paste that one...make your changes..ensure it is accurate...then re-name it Rev 1...Rev 2...etc...After doing so, move the now old rev program to its own folder named "Old CMM Programs". This way there, you're only running the latest and greatest when that part needs to be measured.

    By doing the above, you'd have your own way of tracking programs and their changes and you'd have an archive of all of your programs you've used to inspect product (in case a question comes up later about something).
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