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  • help wanted! how i can flip my part and have the program stay as the orginal

    I have a part with 2 face call out. i finish programing one face but now need to flip the part and program the other side. my question is how can i flip the part on pcdmis and change my Z with out anything moving. each time i try to flip or rotate my…

  • Printing reports In Patterned Program

    I've got a part here that requires hundreds of inspections, so we created a fixture to run 15 of the parts in one execution so i'm not required to come back to the CMM every few minutes. I've hit a wall though where I need my reports to print per part…

  • how to increase speed?

    Hi All I use PC-DMIS CAD++ 2019 R1 on B&S 5.7.5, its absolute speed is 700 (this is what I see when I open F5 ). Most of our programs run with speed 200-300mm/s. I changed it to 500 in program edit window but didn't see any difference. I searched…

  • Shift Home Position on Virtual Machine

    Hi Guys, We recently purchased a 9-12-8 Global S machine with a scanning head. The length of the indexing portion (scanning head + longer tip) kind of freaked us out, and we wanted to be able to simulate the machine offline in order to catch collisions…

  • GD&T Settings Resetting to Default After Execution (True Position)

    All of my FAIRs and FIRs are bubbled such that the True Position and Size are two different bubbles and require two different labeled dimensional readouts on my reports; thus, I make separate dimensions for size (diameter in this case) and true position…

  • Measure Max+ in 2019?

    Hello, Does anyone still use MMax+ ? I work for a company that still uses older software and CMMs. Trying to find information on this and so far unsuccessful. If anyone has !Any! information that they feel would be useful that would be appreciated!

  • labels won't sjow up on model

    Hi My question is i always make a custom report with dimension labels showing deviation on cad model in report. To do that i mark my program then select the dimensions i took for that particular view- cut and undo them and they show up on CAD model…

  • Not able to add Move Points into code or by shortcut keys

    I am unaware of any option in the settings to turn off move points. I have tried Cntrl+M typing in move/ and hitting the move point button on the jog box. I have also been trying to make a clearance plane and I cannot add move/clearplane either. Does…

  • Mirror Program CAD error

    I have a program and once I mirror it the program mirrors properly but the CAD doesn't follow into the new program. It seems to only work sometimes. Am I doing something wrong to cause this? Thanks in advance!

  • Flipping the X and Y to match print

    Hello, I have a very big print with at least 100 dimensions being called out on it, now the problem i'm having is that after i imported the cad in and match my part set up to the cad, the xy are switched on the print on pcdmis y forward and back and x…

  • Dimentioning Depth of a part

    I have a blueprint that has a callout to measure the depth from a specified point on my part (bottom of a specific depth) to a plane(top of the part ) . I am unsure the correct way to measure the part in order to get the correct dimension as well as which…

  • Out of Stroke Limit

    Hello, I'm pretty new to PC-DMIS and CMM programming in general. I've been working with it for a few months now. My problem is this. I keep getting an out of stroke error when switching to DCC alignment and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. The machine…

  • Can I change tips in the middle of a feature measurement?

    How do I change tips in the middle of a Sphere Measurement? I can add move points but not a tip angle change. I am measuring a sphere (split bearing) and the fixture needs to hold the top & bottom, so I am limited to using tips T1A90B0 & T1A90B180.…

  • Is it possible to check compenents by using PC-DIMS instead of gauges like Go-Nogo?

    I need to use our Hexagon CMM instead of checking GO & NOGO gages. Need your help!

  • circle constr from points in loop doesn't change dimension when measured with label

    I have gauge with 2 different diameters inside – bowtie shape. Smaller dia I measure with no problems, for larger I created 2 loops, 12 points each. I even managed to construct circle and measure it (you guys helped me a few weeks ago to do this). Because…

  • Measurement of scan length

    I work in a facility where we make transmission insulators for power lines. We have to measure what they call leakage per customer drawing. We recently purchased a CMM machine and now EVERYONE wants EVERYTHING checked on it. Of course it's a new toy I…

  • construct circle from points in loop

    Good Morning All I have punch with gear inside (35 teeth to make math easier) and I need to measure larger diameter.I made loop which takes points between teeth but i have no idea how to construct circle. CMM takes points, I can see them on CAD model…

  • Code to mark/unmark out of tolerance dimensions

    I am trying to figure out a way to automatically mark or unmark feature dimensions that are out of tolerance. I have a program that includes some if/then statements where it re-measures a diameter at a different depth if the first one is OOT. So my…

  • Career Aspiration - From inspector to programmer

    Hello. I have been working as a Fabrication Inspector for several years now. Of our five-person inspection team, I do 95% of the CMM programming, which I thoroughly enjoy. My inspection job has been rewarding, but I want to make a change. My passion…

  • HEXAGON DEA CMM loses its home position

    Hello, everyone! Nowadays I am working with HEXAGON Dea and during last 3 weeks I started to notice, that sometimes, after switching on a new program, CMM goes into emergency mode. After pressing Motor On it does't give the opportunity to work, due…

  • Angularity

    Can someone please help me understand how PC-DMIS calculates angularity. I'm checking the angularity between two lines that are called out at 45 degrees and the angle is measuring 44.89 which is well within spec. The angularity callout is 6.3 but on the…

  • Delete datum information on True Position FCF

    I Have trouble when showing True Position on FCF, There is some information i want to hide or delete, that is location on Datum which shown in Position tab, that information come when i add secondary and tertiery datum with MMC or LMC on True Position…

  • Probe calibration - Wrong parameter

    Hi all, i've got an issue with probe calibration. If i want to start tip cal, pc dmis will write that the parameter is wrong. I tried to reset tips, create new tips, call backup, copy new PROBE.dat. The machine can normally measure, but i cannot start…

  • Perpendicularity of cylinder

    Hi everyone, I am new to the forum and by searching the topics I couldn't find the answer to my question. I need to measure the perpendicularity of a hollow cylinder according to its planar surface used as datum. I have used two different approaches…

  • CAD Synchronization Issues

    I'm a new CMM user, having recently taken the PC-DMIS 101 training, and I'm having difficulty synchronizing my imported CAD with the machine. I've searched through the forum for similar issues, but nothing has helped yet. I may simply be skipping a step…
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