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Hello Kyle, It does drive back slightly behind the rack in the +Y. We have had this rack in this position for about 3 years. Never experienced this before. I did notice today that if I turn the speed down on the controller to about 3/4 the speed instead of all the way up when it is doing a stylus change, I don't get the error. I have changed the movement speed in our common every shift programs from 300 mm/s to 100 mm/s and so far I haven't gotten the error. I know this isn't the fix but more of a band-aid to hopefully keep us running.

Hey all, I'm looking to see if anyone has had success with importing MBD and PMI into Calypso to cut down on programming time. I've heard rumors that it can be done in Calypso and figured I would start here first. Any info is helpful. Thanks

Observing your name - you can change language of Inspect to your - closest would be czech - not sure about slovak. Look here https://techguide.zeiss.com/en/zeiss-inspect-2025/article/cmd_inspection_measure_edges.html

No, the connection to the database is hardcoded inside of Calypso. It needs to be Microsoft SQL and the files need to have very specific names for it to work.

To me, without seeing the machine of course, this looks like maybe the racks are too far in the +Y? "SMS_LIMIT" sounds like it might be complaining about the limits of the machine. Can you move the probe above your racks and move it all the way to the back of the +Y and see if it can actually reach all the way back there?

I don't think the separate characteristics are necessary in the new GD&T engine. After you make sure that the size tolerance is set correctly in the characteristic (the diameter symbol next to the MMC symbol in the characteristic), you can delete or hide any additional diameter characteristics you or the system made (see https://portal.zeiss.com/knowledge-base?id=1128721 for instructions on hiding the characteristics, assuming you are in the US).

@Jace Pink To my knowledge Acronis has always been set up to backup weekly, at least on the machines we send out. It is configurable, though, so perhaps in the intervening time someone turned it off (IT or something because they were concerned about the backup for some reason). I unfortunately don't have a lot of experience with the Acronis program on the computer itself (it's not on the computers we give to techs or AEs). There should just be a shortcut labelled "Acronis Backup" or something similar on the desktop. There is a password screen, but you should be able to just hit okay through it to my recollection. Do you have an Acronis folder on your D drive? I can't tell for certain, but is it a computer from us and when would you have gotten it? I think we only started giving Acronis around 2020, so its hard to tell.

Hello, very much please, can anyone help me? This error message is written by the software and I don't know how to set it up so that it finds the other side 2 Has anyone encountered this, please? Thank you so much. Štefan

Thanks for the reply Pat. I had tried everything you mentioned short of putting in a service ticket. I had slightly changed the approach parameters to pause further in the -Y direction thinking that might help and it seemed like it may have been working better, until it didn't. Perhaps its time to put that ticket in.

@Pat Bryant No, I did not.

Hi Johnny, could you share the the data and script with the support? support.optical.metrology.be@zeiss.com should be the correct address for your location. Please refer to this thread. We would like to analyse it with your data set. Thanks, Nanno

It gets weirder and weirder. Today I submitted a support ticket and the support guy basically made me reestablish the pallet and base alignment and for now the results seem to be more or less constant 😮 Ok, we did a lot more than just renew the alignments, but all extraneous stuff aside that's the essence of it. I have absolutely no idea why that should fix anything (see, I'm not a beginner in setting up alignments, I guess), but at the moment it looks like it did. I have to run more tests tomorrow and contact the support guy again. If I find out anything new I'll report.

Hello, Now I understand. The import template came from recording the command in the script editor. The template is also used by manual 1 by 1 importing. regards Johnny

Hello, do you really have 'some string' as input to the template_bin parameter? This is what defines the ascii import template. If not, the template maybe does not fit the data you are trying to import. Did you get the import command by recording? Regards Daniel

Hello Daniel, Yes I have a project open. This project has the nominal model, measurement and actuals. The actual are imported 3D point from the CMM machine. A mesh is not used. The nominals are connected to the actuals. There is no specific template used. If there is a default template (from installation) this is used. I hope this helps. If needed I can share the project privately. Johnny

I create a best-fit alignment (constraining XYZ) from the curve. Open a nominal circle and recall the points from the curve, then reference the BFA in the circle.

As far as i know Calypso is using MSSQL and it's running local file. Similar thing is PiWeb. So i don't think there will be a file/settings defining connection, to be editable.

What customer's question:Is it possible to migrate the Calypso DB to an SQL server that is already created into their network?Can Calypso work like that or it needs local DB?

Out of curiosity: Are there any patterns involved in your program?

Danke, funktioniert

valid points, @Tom Oakes There seems to be a lack of clarity into how constraints and size algorithms are applied in the new GD&T engine. My recent work assignments have me using "other" metrology software. I compliment those vendors for making it simple to switch between GD&T setups: literally a drop-down menu to change from ASME Y14.5-2009, Y14.-2018 or ISO.

Hello, I have 100 details one diameter (e.g.66+0.04). After measuring I need divide this details on 3 group: 1) 66.005..66.01;2) 66.01..66.016,3) 66.016..66.02).I made table of measuring value in PiWeb Designer and add condition for field measuring value, but I received only color group. I want make filter, and create 3 tables with different tolerance. Groups can be 3,4 or more.

Be careful with statements about how GD&T is "generally" applied. I work exclusively with cylinders. 15 years in this busy CMM room as the only programmer and I've seen maybe 100 parts come through (all were fixtures for our processes, not customer material) that would be appropriate to use a "plane-line-point" system. This only applies where a plane is the primary datum because it controls exactly 3 DOF. A cylinder in primary constrains 4 DOF so we'd use cylinder-plane-(some clocking datum: circle, line, etc) or cylinder-clock-point. Also - Adding datum shift where MMB is invoked after the fact is possible if and only if it is applied to both holes simultaneously. Same direction, same magnitude. You must not change the shift for individual FOS separately like you do with MMC. I agree that in this case it's totally possible; just making the distinction.

In addition to what others have said, Datum Shift is intended to apply to all holes of a pattern simultaneously. If one hole would "benefit" from shift but another would be pushed OOT by that shift, shift will not be applied. If, say, your basic bolt circle is oversized (Ø3.144 too large), but the circumferential locations are all correct, datum shift cannot improve your results. Likewise if the bolt circle is perfect, datum shift can attempt a rotation as allowed by feature tolerance but there may not be a datum shift that can bring all holes into tolerance if the angular location of one hole is too far from nominal. If your bolt circle is near perfect, and the angular spacing between holes is also really good, but the entire pattern is shifted to the datums in the same direction (translation and / or rotation), datum shift will improve results. I agree with Richard's observation that shift is applied when rotation / translation allowance boxes are unchecked when MMB is applied. However I've not found an appropriate use of these checkboxes. If I need a special rotation but don't use it, the rotation checkbox will not rotate to that special and positions still report big numbers.

Tom did you come up with anything regarding these additional characteristics? I never had formal PiWeb training. While I'm pretty good at figuring things out, PiWeb is the most obtuse thing I've had to work with.