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  • True Position of a circle

    dear all, I am new guy for PCDMIS, currently I am using PC-DMIS rev 4.3 and 2012. recently, I found a problem with a program for my product. it is about a true position of a circle, please refer to attached photo for details. a circle which is…
  • Installation Error

    Hi Guys, As the title says i receive an error during installation of 2017 R2 from 2013 R1. Can you help me on this.
  • 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…
  • Scanning Report

    I'm trying to create a scanning report that one of our engineers is looking for. I'm attaching a picture but what they want to see is an outline of the low tolerance of a profile, an outline of the max outline of a profile and an outline of where the…
  • Variables, Alignments, and OnError

    Hello again! Running PC-DMIS 2013 MR1 SP5 on a Windows 7 Desktop for an Optiv Performance 443 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (I posted something similar…
  • Vision Crashes When Measuring Circles

    Running PC-DMIS 2013 MR1 SP5 on Windows 7 PC connected to an Optiv Performance z443 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello! I have several part programs that run though to completion using touch probes I…
  • X axis excess lag error

    Yesterday while running my CMM the alignment must have been messed up. Unfortunately, my machine ran the z axis pole (not sure what its called I'm fairly new to CMMs) into a gage clamp. It made a weird noise and faulted out for 'x axis excess lag error…
  • X axis error (0x9) Reset E-Stop Button

    Good morning, My company has a DEA Swift A000 manual (very old machine). It's a bit of time that frequently, when the operator move the X-axis, Pc-dmis shows a pop-up window with this note: X axis error (0x9) Reset E-Stop Button. The biggest problem…
  • probe Re Qualification

    I am trying to qualify 3 different probes 1. 2 mm diameter probe 20mm long 2. 1mm diameter star probe on a 20mm extension 3. 5mm diameter probe on a 50mm extension I calibrate the first probe A0B0 saying the sphere has moved then no to the other…
  • Script Help - Object Variable Not Set

    I have written a short script to check if a probe/tip used in the program requires calibration. I am not the most fluent with scripting but I have posted below what I have. Once a program is opened and executed for the first time I usually receive the…
  • manual retract for analog probing

    has anyone noticed the conflict when changing the analog manual probe retract in the F5 parameters menu in an inch program? it seems to go into a never ending arguement and i have to fight past an argument error and open a metric program and try to change…
  • Disk Calibration

    Hey all, it's been a little hectic with this disk probe and I don't know if you have came across this. My disk 18mm calibrates great but the diameter is off, I calibrate it with a ring gage and make the necessary edits until it reads the same as my ring…
  • PC-DMIS 2001 - Error when uploading a XYZ file

    Hi everyone, That's the first time i come on this forum. I have not a large experience in CMM. I am trying to make measurements of a blade with the old PC-DMIS 2001. There are like 350 points per face... I'm doing this to compare a physical blade…
  • Proven Program Erroring At Multiple Points

    We are running a program for a part (64mm x 64mm). We received a program from our customer and have correlated numbers after our adjustments (increasing clear planes for comfort, changing probes to what was available). The program was run smoothly for…
  • Error calculating deflection matrix

    Hi all. Fairly new to the forum. If someone could help, I would appreciate it. I am getting an "error calculating deflection matrix" when calibrating my 4x20 cylindrical probe. I have a TesaStar-SM using a Leitz scanning probe head. See attached >jpg…
  • Analysis in the customer report - problem

    Hello, I have a problem with the analysis. In the report does not analyze, but only the black square (see attached picture). I have a PC-DMIS 2013. Installed on two PC. At one everything is OK and the second is the error. Please, does anyone know…
  • Optics Calibration Error

    Hey everyone I am hoping I could get some help or maybe someone else has seen this error before. I have been having some problems with lighting adjustments during programming. The problem being the lighting percentage cannot go above 35%, when I try adjusted…
  • 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…
  • Calibrating 20X Lens Focus Range Error HOW TO FIX?

    Hey guys, Today I have been trying to calibrate my 20X Nikon Lens. Specs: Machine: Optiv 2z763 PCDMIS: 2011 Probe: Mycrona_Fixed Optiv 20X 1/2 CCD ( Something Along These Lines ) This lens has not been built on our machine before…
  • HELP - TCP/IP Communication Failed????

    Receiving this error when i start up the software any help?
  • Trapping PC DMIS error or Capturing PC DMIS Error

    I would like to be able to trap/capture/copy any PC DMIS error that occurs while the program is running wituout interefering with the normal execution of PC DMIS, and without requiring operators to interact with PC DMIS to make it happen. I don't…
  • 2012 SP1 .net Framework 4 error

    I have found that you need to load the extended version of .net Framework 4 rather than the client version. The file name that worked for me is "dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe" from the Microsoft site rather than "dotNetFx40_Client_setup.exe". The 2012 software…
  • HELP! Database error -19-

    I am scanning airfoil sections on a turbine blade and i have run into a puzzling issue. I am using bladerunner and i can get my program to run with no problem. However, when it goes to blade to analyze it, the error comes up "Database error -19-" then…