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Flip part mid execution

I'm currently working with an Absolute Arm 85 equipped with the RS6 scanner. I was wondering if it is possible to create a program that calls for the part to be scanned, then flipped mid execution in order to account for tolerances of the entire part. Basically I am trying to scan and check an entire part in one chunk of code rather than having to perform two separate scans.
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  • Equate alignment is not what you want for an arm, it's called LEAPFROG.

    And as far as I know, you can't scan, leapfrog, then continue scanning in the same COP, you'll have to make a second cop, after the leapfrog. BUT, you should be able to make a 3rd cop out of the 2 scanned cops.



    Why not Equate Matt? What does Leapfrog achieve that equate doesn't?


    Just started using an arm - equate seems to work fine (I remember Leapfrog from years ago but haven't used it yet) when I've tried it.
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  • Equate alignment is not what you want for an arm, it's called LEAPFROG.

    And as far as I know, you can't scan, leapfrog, then continue scanning in the same COP, you'll have to make a second cop, after the leapfrog. BUT, you should be able to make a 3rd cop out of the 2 scanned cops.



    Why not Equate Matt? What does Leapfrog achieve that equate doesn't?


    Just started using an arm - equate seems to work fine (I remember Leapfrog from years ago but haven't used it yet) when I've tried it.
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  • Leapfrog was 'built/designed' for the arms, equate is just a carry over from normal Pcdmis. Leapfrog (IMO) is just quicker & easier than equate. Maybe that is because I learned equate before they "made it better" with some new version (can't remember when/what version it was) and I stopped using equate.

    Leapfrog is a lot more "free form" than equate. As in, you can program in a leapfrog alignment for part/arm being moved, and it does not have to be the same from part to part, just the same order. As in, the use of 3 ball bearings glued to the part for the move. 1-2-3 balls, 1-2-3 balls, programmed in. You'll never get them in the same place on the next part, but leapfrog doesn't care, 1-2-3 balls, 1-2-3 balls, just measure in the same order from before to after.