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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 is likely because the machine has not been told where the part is in relation to the machine volume. Are you starting this program from scratch or trying to add a readpoint to an existing program? If it's an existing program, first try clicking past your finished alignment and see if everything snaps to where you expect it. Or you may need to execute to get it all looking "right" in your graphics window. When I run a part in a different location in the CMM volume than I had it the last time I get features that "float" in space off the cad model until they actually get measured. I can watch them snap to the cad as the program runs.
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  • It is likely because the machine has not been told where the part is in relation to the machine volume. Are you starting this program from scratch or trying to add a readpoint to an existing program? If it's an existing program, first try clicking past your finished alignment and see if everything snaps to where you expect it. Or you may need to execute to get it all looking "right" in your graphics window. When I run a part in a different location in the CMM volume than I had it the last time I get features that "float" in space off the cad model until they actually get measured. I can watch them snap to the cad as the program runs.
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