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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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  • How is an external alignment made and what is it used for? I have never used them but I keep hearing about how useful they are. I use read points but only at the start of my programs for "Read Point Alignment".
    I have heard that the external alignment is great when you have a lot of odd tip angles that while the program is running is at risk of knocking the probe off; so the external alignment well take the probe to have save place to rotate to the tip angle and then designate to the next feature to be measured. Is this an accurate statement and if so I do I make external alignments? I work in Aerospace and we have a need for a routine like that.

    Thanks,

    CMMGUY13
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  • How is an external alignment made and what is it used for? I have never used them but I keep hearing about how useful they are. I use read points but only at the start of my programs for "Read Point Alignment".
    I have heard that the external alignment is great when you have a lot of odd tip angles that while the program is running is at risk of knocking the probe off; so the external alignment well take the probe to have save place to rotate to the tip angle and then designate to the next feature to be measured. Is this an accurate statement and if so I do I make external alignments? I work in Aerospace and we have a need for a routine like that.

    Thanks,

    CMMGUY13
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