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  • I can't turn off cmm

    I have an amplitude error coming up in PCDMIS and I read on here that turning the CMM on and off and letting it home itself might solve the issue. Problem is I don't know how to turn off CMM besides just the emergency stop button. It is a Brown & Sharpe…

  • Can you save PC-DMIS 2013 .prg to older 2010 format

    Hello our users are receiving error on PC-DMIS 2010 after updating several machines to PC-DMIS 2013 MR1 SP2. Understandably...the files were upsaved to the 2013 format. Is there anyway to save down to 2010 version to allow other users to view…

  • Cmm lock up

    I recently came across an error while running a part on the cmm, the machine stopped in the middle of measuring a cylindrical boss, no reasoning except for a message that popped up on the screen. It read : Dcc not available: Bhbo 2.5400. Has anyone…

  • Retract distance problem

    I just had Cad++ installed and I am having problems when I probe a hole and my probe retracts past the center of the hole and hits the back of the hole which inturn retracts and hits the front of the hole and goes into a loop of back and forth hits. I…

  • Pierce point

    I have dealt with these a few times, but when programming, how exactly do you measure a pierce point? I have a part now that has a pierce point to a plane, that is at a slight angle off of my datum -b- hole. How would I go about figuring out exactly where…

  • New to CMM software. How can apply a change to all my features?

    Hello everyone, I'm a newbie here and to CMM programming. Right now I'm trying to figure out how change my magnification on one of my square slot features and apply that to the rest of my square slot features. I have over 100 of them and I'm trying…

  • Jog box Issues

    Hey all. I'm having an issue that continues to keep happening with our CMM jog boxes. We have two small CMM's a performance and an image. The issue I'm having is that every few months or so when holding just the enable button on the jog box the machine…

  • Grid Line Measurements

    I have a Print with GRID LINES. I have the grid up on my cad; but don't see were i can take the measurements from. Is this possible?? I am trying to get a measurement say from circle one and from Grid Line 1250X and from -700Y Thanks

  • Looking for dynamic way to load/offload the CMM's with heavy fixtures and other ideas

    We are currently in the process of putting together a plan to move my metrology lab. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to use to load and offload the heavy fixture's (1000 lbs) we use on the CMM's. Currently we use a hi-lo, but i would like to…

  • Clay

    After recently attending the Level 3 training course at Hexagon Metrology I noticed that using clay as a quick fixturing device was more ubiquitous than I thought. We have some clay here in our lab that we use from time to time, but it's pretty 'greasy…
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