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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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  • It's actually possible to go straight to DCC alignment and also not have any fixtures at all, you just have to be a little creative and use a few functions as they were not intended lol.
    I have ours set up so you just need to place the part generally in the center of the table (in the orientation shown on the drawing of it), but it doesn't matter if its crooked or not square at all.
    Next the probe just kicks to A45B0 and 0.25 inches from the table and scans until it, for lack of a better term, runs into the part. (Although I recommend lowering the speed to measuring). You can then easily write an algorithm for it to figure out where your part is and align itself. This will add time to your measuring, but if your smart about it should only be around 15-30 seconds at most.
    This is especially helpful when you have 100 different parts and would need to disassemble fixtures and rebuild them everytime.
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  • It's actually possible to go straight to DCC alignment and also not have any fixtures at all, you just have to be a little creative and use a few functions as they were not intended lol.
    I have ours set up so you just need to place the part generally in the center of the table (in the orientation shown on the drawing of it), but it doesn't matter if its crooked or not square at all.
    Next the probe just kicks to A45B0 and 0.25 inches from the table and scans until it, for lack of a better term, runs into the part. (Although I recommend lowering the speed to measuring). You can then easily write an algorithm for it to figure out where your part is and align itself. This will add time to your measuring, but if your smart about it should only be around 15-30 seconds at most.
    This is especially helpful when you have 100 different parts and would need to disassemble fixtures and rebuild them everytime.
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