Matthew D. Hoedeman
has received PC-DMIS total consciousness
Joined: 02-28-2006
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Oh, you may have to give the 2 constructed circles 'bogus' nominal values. If their nominal values are the same, Pcdmis will not let you construct the... -
Measure a cylinder, measure a cone, measure a plane on the top. Construct 2 circles, cone-to-plane and cylinder-to-plane. distance between 2 circle...Leave a comment:
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Looks correct to me, the values on the base are for a CIRCLE with 3 sample hits. Works the same as 3 tooling balls.Leave a comment:
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they don't like the fact that more and better answers are available there. -
Use NOTHING except numbers, letters and the underscore _ in any name/ID in Pcdmis.Leave a comment:
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flat piece of stock, 10mm thick, 4.5 to 8.0mm slot (minimum size). I could run that all day long with a 3x20 probe and never worry about shanking. -
measure a plane (A), measure a slot (B), measure a slot (C), construct a line from B to C
Level A, rotate to constructed line, origin X & Y...Leave a comment:
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that is starting to sound more like an alignment 'drift' issue. Have you done a QUALIFICATION CHECK (not a calibration) of the probe when it does this?...Leave a comment:
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Matthew D. Hoedeman commented on Matthew D. Hoedeman's to How to place points exactly on center linenope, that is the place, simply DOUBLE CLICK on the number to the LEFT of the XYZ values (there should be a 1, 2, & 3, dbl-click on the 1). I you... -
type in the "ZERO" value in the correct axis for the line you want either after clicking close to where you want the hit, or by typing in several...Leave a comment:
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and another thing..... if this is not a TP20-type probe, if ANYTHING gets un-screwed and something new screwed in, then there IS no valid calibration...Leave a comment:
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could have a 'wanker' putting the 2nd probe on incorrectly, as in, the 'triangle' lined up with the 'square' That fubars everything....Leave a comment:
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IGNORE MOTION ERRORS, should be in the F5 menu somewhere....Leave a comment:
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When entering the tolerances, enter 0.003 for the "+" tolerance and enter a NEGATIVE 0.001 for the "-" tolerance. That will give...Leave a comment:
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Without being able to see and read the entire print.... and knowing certain OEM 'designers' the way I do (and what I have to deal with)....
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check out my edit for the post you replied to, I added an interesting probe head to it for you to add to the probe.dat file. -
I think you will have to copy it over to the new install location. What I've always done is said 'pizz-on' the userprobe (mostly 'cause it hasn't always...Last edited by Matthew D. Hoedeman; 07-15-2020, 08:00 AM.Leave a comment:
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It isn't a bad idea. Repeatable to what value for auto-changes? 0.00005" might be fine for 99.9999999999% of the people, but that would be half...Leave a comment:
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Maybe try the DIMINFO option. INSERT ~ REPORT COMMAND ~ DIM INFO.
You get something that looks like this:
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