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Do away with manual alignments - use Readpoint

Butch
Hi Everyone
I am fairly new to PCDMIS being a Mitutoyo programmer for the last 10 years (Booo). The training I had on PCDMIS was reliant on a MANUAL setup before going into DCC mode. By going straight into DCC mode position your probe over its start point. Then you can insert a READ POINT. Then put the XYZ origin on the READ POINT and hey presto your probe has a X0, Y0 and Z0 starting point. You can now do a rough setup by getting the CMM mode to search for your part elements.
This can still then be skipped if not required for further parts. Why go to the lengths of manual probing when the CMM will do it for you?

I am enjoying the new challenge of PCDMIS and can see that it is deep and dark. By using code instead of set routines like the Mitutoyo I realise it can be a lot more flexible. Now if I only knew all the codeing tricks?
Please look out for my questions appearing.

Butch
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  • Almost without exception for both MMax and PcDmis we use just one touch on the part for a manual set up. Insert a couple of operator comments with detailed setup and fixturing instructions at the top of your program. Pick a hole or corner of the part that is going to be consistent piece to piece. Our instructions are usually to the effect of "Take a Z point just Y pos of the far, right #40 pilot hole" for the only manual touch on the part. Set X,Y,Z and then go to DCC.

    Between the two softwares we've got about a 1000 programs where this has worked just fine.
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  • Almost without exception for both MMax and PcDmis we use just one touch on the part for a manual set up. Insert a couple of operator comments with detailed setup and fixturing instructions at the top of your program. Pick a hole or corner of the part that is going to be consistent piece to piece. Our instructions are usually to the effect of "Take a Z point just Y pos of the far, right #40 pilot hole" for the only manual touch on the part. Set X,Y,Z and then go to DCC.

    Between the two softwares we've got about a 1000 programs where this has worked just fine.
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