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CMM vision error in manual mode

I keep getting the error: "Hit target is out of detection range for feature ___"

This is when I am in manual mode and trying to take a hit using an auto feature. I don't get this error when I first create the auto feature (say an edge point). What I am trying to do is manually set up a coordinate system for the rest of the program to go off of.

The issue comes when I go to measure the second part after creating the program based off of the first part. I am only able to position the new part to within 100s of micrometers and I then get this error message. If I take a bunch of time and get the second part pretty close to lined up (less than 10 micrometers) to where the first part was then I don't get this error message. The only work around that I have found so far is to recreate all of my manual hits each time I measure a new part. This seems extremely inefficient and I feel that there must be a better way to do this or a way around this error message.

Thank you for any suggestions!
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  • rickfngp,

    I am using the CMM in manual mode and moving the machine to where I want it to take each hit. For a surface point it shows the target on the screen and I just move it over the part. Then it tells me to press continue whenever it is aligned.

    With Vision there doesn't seem to be any features that I can use other than Auto Features and Constructed Features, please tell me if I'm missing something! I know to use Measured Features when I'm using styli and I never have a problem with those. Only with Vision features.
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  • rickfngp,

    I am using the CMM in manual mode and moving the machine to where I want it to take each hit. For a surface point it shows the target on the screen and I just move it over the part. Then it tells me to press continue whenever it is aligned.

    With Vision there doesn't seem to be any features that I can use other than Auto Features and Constructed Features, please tell me if I'm missing something! I know to use Measured Features when I'm using styli and I never have a problem with those. Only with Vision features.
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