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  • Coaxial Datum Feature?

    Hello, all! (I'm ignorant. Tear me apart!) This is the first time I've come across this type of call out. I understand a bit about how it works, but need help with the execution. Could someone, please, walk me through the general steps I'd take…
  • DEMINSIONING A CROSS SECTION

    So, I have a part that is essentially a ring with an ID and an OD. I have scanned them to get the dimensions and put them on the report. The customer wants the C/S on the report as well. Is there any way to use the scans to get the C/S dimension? or do…
  • First time CAD alignment

    Hello, This is my cad model and coordinate system when I import it into pcdmis. My actual part is on CMM is placed as on the picture down left. How do I transform coordinate system to other point on my CAD model? How do I align it with my actual part…
  • Trace Fields Input Variable Into Report Header

    The last company I worked for would make create trace field commands to require inputs from an operator to be displayed in the report to actual custom file header template. It is a little tricky for me to navigate the label template header. I haven't…
  • Mastering Move Points

    The first job I programmed CMMs at it seems that when I inserted move points in my program that it worked great and exactly like I wanted it to. I could create move points in my programs OFFLINE and they would move to the exact coordinates relative to…
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  • ContinousTempSensor

    On a recent Hexagon service visit, the field engineer noticed in the setting editor that our “ContinousTempSensor” was turned off. He explained that it continuously samples the temperature throughout the routine, but wasn’t able to dive deeper. We are…
  • How to Equate Alignment for *Hot* Job

    STARTUP =ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:USE_PART_SETUP,LIST=YES ALIGNMENT/END MODE/MANUAL FORMAT/TEXT,OPTIONS, ,HEADINGS,SYMBOLS, ;NOM,TOL,MEAS,DEV,OUTTOL, , LOADPROBE/PROBE 10 TIP/T1A0B0, SHANKIJK=0, 0, 1, ANGLE=0 WORKPLANE/ZPLUS MOVESPEED/ 100…
  • loop program

    hi everyone. I will create a loop program for nesting jobs. I've completed the program, but I can't edit any features, which means if 2, 3, and 5 job holes are deviated, I can't adjust them. I've tried to edit the features, but the probe keeps returning…
  • Where can I find the CAD model for my indexing probe head?

    It's not available under my graphic Items and this would be helpful for visualizing TIP angles in offline mode to check for clearance. I have a HH-AS8-T2.5
  • Does anyone have a STEP or QIF practice cad file with Model Based Definition I can play around with? Thanks

    I'm interested in learning about Model-Based Definition. I would like to try and insert a CAD model with machine readable MBD made in like SolidWorks or Creo to PC-DMIS. Any discussion about MBD and your experiences are welcomed.
  • SKIPPING OPS WITH IF AND STATEMENTS

    Hey all, A program begins with a basic alignment and then a DCC alignment. When the program starts it asks what op you're checking, 1, 2, or 3 for example. Depending on what you select the program should construct your alignments and then move on to…
  • ERROR CE ,S% ,TR_CE ,0x1400304d Position out of the machine stoke limit

    Hello, I'm programming on a new CMM and having issues with my manual alignments. I have been programming in offline mode and whenever I try to run my programs on the machine after I pick up my manual alignment I get this error message: ERROR CE ,S% ,TR_CE…
  • Help in defining the database

    Good Day! I have problem with defining the database "E" like on picture below (marked on blue). (pic. 1) (section H (circle on pic. 1)) Below photo from PC-DMIS CAD My question is if I should make database "E" as constructed plane? All points…
  • Apply or Cancel Feature Programming Prompt (PC-DMIS 2022 CAD++)

    Why does PC-DMIS give me a prompt to apply or accept each feature or point I create? Where can I find a menu to turn this setting off?
  • Code to make program end if diameter of a certain dimension is out.

    I don't know much at all about expressions, labels, etc. I've been working the past few hours trying to make a command that will end my program if a particular dimension is out of spec. All I want is a code that #1) checks that dimension, #2) has a comment…
  • measuring the bottom of a constructed sphere to a plane

    Good afternoon, I am working on a part that requires a theoretical distance from the bottom of a gage ball resting in a tapered cylinder to a datum plane. I have constructed the sphere with the proper diameter and in PC-Dmis, it looks to be in the…
  • equate alignment step by step

    Good Afternoon 1st time I'm trying to use equate alignment for a long part - I used to measure part in 2 separated stages so I have 2 separated independent programs. I combined them in one program remembering to change IDs in stage 2 to avoid duplicates…
  • GD&T measurement error

    Good afternoon all, I am trying to set up a quick program to measure a true position call out for a part we are running at the shop. it is a small bushing and the TP call out is the O.D. cylinder to the I.D. cylinder (datum A) and a perpendicular…
  • Manual alignment not "snapping" to cad geometry

    Hello all, I am hitting a major block in my programing for a cylindrical part. After importing the CAD model and establishing an alignment, my trihedron is right where I want it. using a top plane to level the part and establish translation in…
  • Offline programming

    I’m still very new to PC-DMIS and programming in general so I have no idea what the options are for my question: Can you program offline using the Online Seat of PC-DMIS (Version 2022.1) if there is NO air supplied to the CMM? We only have the Online…
  • Setting the "Print Background Colors" report setting in code.

    There's a weird sort of bug, at least up to version 2020R2, that propagates the setting "Print Background Colors". I know you can change this by hitting F5, but the situation is slightly more complicated. I will provide an example: Lets say you have…
  • Adding manual alignment to completed programs

    Hello all, The programmer before me made all of his programs by starting in DCC mode. foregoing the manual alignment and instead just adding notes on where to set the part on the grid plate in the exact same location every time. Our small old…
  • Profile surface datum definition

    I am trying to set the datum, but I wonder if there is a way to set the datum a when datum A is a curved surface as shown in the figure. version : pc-dmis cad++ 2018 r1 ​
  • Updating Nominals for Position without CAD in Vision

    Is it possible to update Nominals & Tol . same for some selected features according to my drawing ? I don't have any CAD model , and I need to call dimensions for 100 position dimensions. I'm using Legacy Mode , for that reason I need…