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  • How to Measure Pitch Diameter on Very Large ACME Threads?

    Good Morning, I have 20-30 parts where I have to report out the pitch diameter of the threads for each one. The thread pitch is 9.5583-9.5223, the threads are on the OD, they are clocked and machined in the same position, and its an ACME thread form…

  • Loadprobe Command does not Prompt Operator

    Hello All, My company has recently run a program on two CMMs. The first time the program was run, each loadprobe line would prompt the operator to load that probe before moving forward. When the program was run on a different CMM, the program…

  • A Couple Newbie CMM Questions

    Good evening everyone! I’m extremely new to CMMs, GD&T, and pretty much anything to do with this whole world. (>4 months) My employer found themselves in a tight spot when our old CMM Operator/Programmer left for another company. The previous employee…

  • Flow Control Using Yes/No Issue

    I'm using a series of Yes/No Questions to dictate what is measured and reported vs what is not. My 1st question is essentially "Are all features being measured": If yes, it skips the following questions. The issue is however that when it skips the following…

  • Clear Plane Leaving Z Axis Limits

    The clear planes in my program do not want to co-operate today. I'm using a read point for the manual alignment, as far as I can see I did not forget to translate my Z. DCC_ORG Is a circle that takes 3 sample hits on the Z=0 surface I want. The clearplane…

  • How to change Find_Noms Preference for SCANS

    I'm performing a Find_Noms Scan and while executing it, I got the good ol' error asking me to adjust my tolerance. I mistakenly told it to delete the hits that didnt meet the tolerance: How can I undo this? now whenever I run the feature it will delete…

  • Crazy Diameter (math error)

    Edit: reducing the hits to 3 INCREASED the accuracy of my measurements. Special thanks to UKCMM! So I was measuring a cylinder and I got some pretty crazy results (See the diameter). Trying to figure out why this happened beyond some good ol…

  • 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…

  • 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!

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Trouble With OnError Commands (Is it me?)

    Hello! Running PC-DMIS 2013 MR1 SP5 Online on an Optiv Performance 443 connected to a Windows 7 PC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This might…

  • Offline Having Some Trouble

    Hello! Running PC-DMIS 2013 MR1 with an online license connected to CMM, and a separate offline portlock. It doesn't work! I haven't touched this offline license before. I always program online, on-machine. But I recently found out we just had…

  • Body axis scan question

    Hello everyone, I’m using body axis scan to create 3D lines then intersect the lines. One line horizontal and the other roughly vertical. My concern is the lines are not where I expect they would be. For example I set a body axis scan for Z-6.000…

  • Seeking CMM Programmer in Schaumburg, IL

    TechUSA is currently seeking a CMM Programmer near Schaumburg, IL. If you, or someone you may know if qualified for this position. Please email mfries@techusa.net for more information. Tasks: Modify existing programs and create new programs…

  • Free form scan w/out cad model

    I'm trying to perform a free form scan on a 6 inch tube with a contoured surface. I plotted my points manually with about 8-10 hits, and when i generate i get an error code and it does not input the scan. Not sure how to correct the problem and to…

  • 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…
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