Every time I read about 3.73 people hail it as the most stable PC DMIS around. I mention 3.73 to the Support Techs and they always say 'Good Choice'. In light of that I realize I am a vast minority here but it does not seem stable to me. There are a couple probles that I would really like to know if anyone else has had it and found a way to fix it. Hopefully it is just some switch somehere.
Anyway:
1) CTRL E does not behave as it did in 3.72. In 3.72 I could count on program values updating when I stepped on a feature etc. Now it does not work. I have to execute large sections of code to get 'accurate' results. I actually have to run entire programs to get results I 'think' I can trust. In 3.73 I routinely get features showing someplace out in space for actuals even though the niominals and the targets are correct and the CMM finds the point just fine. It just says the point is somwehre else. What gives here?
2) Same goes with alignment commands. ALl I had to do before was F9 and alignment command as I was stepping through a program. Once I Accepted it the Alignment was created. That doesn't work correctly either. Half the time it doesn't update (probably cecause the features aren't updated but I am not sure why).
Other weird problems that have caused me to question the reliability and accuracy of the measurements in 3.73. I used to think the issues were only present because I was using programs originally written in 3.72; however, this is no longer the case. Programs written from scratch in 3.73 also behave oddly.
Any insight, help, etc will be appreciated and I will drink a beer in toast!!
Bill
Anyway:
1) CTRL E does not behave as it did in 3.72. In 3.72 I could count on program values updating when I stepped on a feature etc. Now it does not work. I have to execute large sections of code to get 'accurate' results. I actually have to run entire programs to get results I 'think' I can trust. In 3.73 I routinely get features showing someplace out in space for actuals even though the niominals and the targets are correct and the CMM finds the point just fine. It just says the point is somwehre else. What gives here?
2) Same goes with alignment commands. ALl I had to do before was F9 and alignment command as I was stepping through a program. Once I Accepted it the Alignment was created. That doesn't work correctly either. Half the time it doesn't update (probably cecause the features aren't updated but I am not sure why).
Other weird problems that have caused me to question the reliability and accuracy of the measurements in 3.73. I used to think the issues were only present because I was using programs originally written in 3.72; however, this is no longer the case. Programs written from scratch in 3.73 also behave oddly.
Any insight, help, etc will be appreciated and I will drink a beer in toast!!
Bill
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