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I'll give it a try next week. What is the worst that it could do? Put the probe away, back off, and then pick the probe back up again? Best case scenario it would see that it already has the probe...

Ok, so how about this:

1) We can create two probe files for the same physical probe. One will be calibrated with all settings elevated for use at .055 offset force.
2) The other will be...

CATIA generates "canonical" features (circular, cylindrical, spherical) in two parts. When you click on one of these surfaces in Pc-DMIS it will only select one half of the hole or sphere. This might...

We are using the X1M. There is no possible way that we could get away with an offset force of .018! If we go below .055 or so the probe is guaranteed to lose the part on most of our stuff. I have...

There are several recent threads about this that you should search out. I believe the general concensus is that the most common cause of nominals changing is an alignment that does not constrain all...

I have it set = 1

It does draw the scans while executing but they disappear as soon as it is done executing that scan.

Thanks Jefman. I found a post from ewe0060 from awhile back that also listed his parameters. Everyone seems to be doing something slightly different. Your offset force is very low. Ours is set much...

Aha! So it is a version related issue. I seem to remember Sealevel bringing this up awhile back. Anyone know what the behavior is like in 2012 MR1?

Anyone know how to reset the measured values in a FreeForm scan back to the theoreticals? This type of scan seems to behave quite differently from the others: if you execute it offline it does not...

We just had a weird issue with this. One of our machines started doing this copy function out of the blue. Problem was that our programs are stored in a subfolder called "Programs" that is part of...

Yes, .RefreshPart will execute. Unfortunately, it doesn't accomplish what I had hoped. In fact, the result is even worse. Somehow this interrupts the normal refresh that happens when the program...

We just place a probe option statement at the beginning of each program so the settings are right there in your face. If you wanted to get real clever about it you could probably put all of the...

What is the best way to get a good visual for this? Analysis view with both the profile and vector points selected?

This is good advice. Our parts are molded with nearly 100% compound curvature so...

Still trying to think this all through and come to a good mental model of how the scanning action works. Here is my understanding so far based on information in this thread and other information I...

Unfortunately pcdpart.Refresh does not work. It gives and error of "unknown name: Refresh" when the script executes.

Please post the specs if you can. The only disc that I have is the mini one that came in the probe case. All that has on it is the MSDS for the oil and document that shows how to load the probe onto...

Thank you so much for the detailed response. This is exactly the information that I was looking for. Here are some additional questions:

1)
Where do I find the engineering document? We just had a...

Can someone explain the relationship between the offset force parameter and the lower, upper, and max force parameters for analogue scanning with a Leitz LSP-X1 probe? I know that some head do not...

Thanks,
That's a start, but what I really need to do is refresh the graphics window. The scan data does not show up until the screen refreshes at the very end of the program. I need to trigger this...

I can very successfully save a viewset and output it on my report. The trouble is that the screen capture happens before the graphics view is refreshed at the end of the program and all of the new...

I'm referring to the chunk of code in blue on page 3 that the document says should be copied "word for word" which contains a workplane command and then the last sentence of the document on page 4...

James,
That document contains several references to a relationship between the active workplane and the clear plane settings. Can you explain a bit further about how these settings work together? I...

+1 to taking note of these settings before modifying anything. If you are scanning hard surfaces you should be all set but if you find that you need to scan on softer surfaces (rubber, for example)...

This is not at all a bogus callout. This is a very common and perfectly legal callout with a very specific intent. This callout means that the holes must be perfectly perpendicular to A when at their...

I think you might have already figured this out. Just in case, I'll mention that you need to be careful with your order of operations. Datum D comes first. The middle hole is defined as being .105...