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I thought that as well, and I forgot to mention that I verified the air pressure only dropped to 4.98 bar when moving. Normally it sits between 5.00 and 5.04 bar.

Maybe it's an air pressure issue?

I have noticed that if I have the Speed set to 300 in the program, it will occasionally error out, and kick off the drives. If I set it at 200 or 160, its fine. I have also noticed this happening during probe qualifications (List Qualification). If I turn the speed control knob to 75%, it runs fine. Once i go back to 100%, it will alarm out every now and then. I have cleaned all the ways with lint free cloth and 99% isopropyl alcohol, and the clothes are coming off fairly clean. ( i do this every other day). Is there a global setting I can change to keep the maximum travel speed to 250 or less?

Hello All, I have a question. We are starting to use Measurlink10 for data capturing and spc graphing. We use the Surfcom Nex 200 by Zeiss running the Accretech Acctee version 5.24 software. We run multiple programs for different part types, and each part type will have multiple pieces, (i.e. the same type of part from 10 different line). I know how to output the text results in a csv file from Acctee. But I also need the text output to include some kind of traceability. I need the traceability to be entered by the operator before each program run. Any help would be greatly appreciated. (If this isnt the correct area for this question, feel free to move it where it needs to be.)

We use CBA not FACS, and facsIsActive() still works in our projects for this purpose. Have you tried it?

Hi everyone, Is it really possible that until 2026 no one at Zeiss has evaluated spherical positioning? I got the information that no one has, and I wanted to confirm this with you so that if I don’t have Zeiss Inspect 2026, it won’t be possible to evaluate it correctly. Personally, I don’t believe that such a "basic" thing is something Zeiss can’t do. Thanks for any answer.

You can not just switch between 2768 and 22081. 22081 is so much more than just general tolerances. When i first read through 22081 i told our engineers (mostly older) that they have to change their way of thinking or they won`t be able to understand a drawing with 22081 and the implications at all. From 22081 (only got this in german) Meaning older drawings still got to use 2768

you openend two threads for the same topic?

Hi Thomas, sounds like you only got a point (centerpoint circle) and not a zylinder. Thats why you only get the options circular tolerance zone (2d) or spherical (3d). You would need (if there is a "Ø" in the tolerance field) a cylindrical tolerance zone and therefor a cylinder.

@Adrian Beck How are treated old drawings? For example from year 1996 or even older? For example in 2768-1 there was an table with tolerances ( which could be recommended ) - in newer version it's without this table and it's said this table of tolerances has to be in drawing or customer norm.

Dirt left by something scratching over the granite surface (like an aluminum plate) tends to settle into the fine pores of the grinded surface. There's almost no way to get it back out from there, but it is not a big issue as long as it doesn't protrude above the surface.

DIN 2768-2 wurde 2021 zurückgezogen und mit der DIN EN ISO 22081 ersetzt

If all your base alignments are shifted by the same amount and direction, you probably have a problem with the CMM reliably detecting its end switches while homing. This can have several reasons, one of them is indeed the controller being faulty. On our old Contura (2001) the end switches were magnets embedded in the ends of the scales and at one time we also had shifted alignments. It turned out that the distance between the magnets and the sensor detecting the magnet's position was too large, so a tech had to readjust it. You see, there are many possible causes for the same error. I don't know how this is connected to Calypso reporting missing CMM data, but all the symptoms you describe together point to a severe hardware problem in my opinion.

Hi, can you describe what feature you used for threads? What are those datums B and A. How your TP callout looks like? Drawn sketch would help also.

Has anyone been able to figure out this stuttering issue. Simulation has been completely abandoned at this point due to this issue.

I’m measuring the true position of two threaded holes using the legacy true position with datum B primary and A secondary. The Y results vary, but the reported Z location is measuring zero. Nominal location being zero. When I switch from a diametral Y/Z tolerance zone to a polar zone, Z variation appears but the drawing does not specify a projected tolerance so I don’t want that. I also changed a feature’s nominal Z from 0 to 0.100 as a test, and its actual Z then reported 0.1000. Anyone know why this is happening? Given the datum structure, rotation is free so is Calypso forcing the feature to the perfect zero? If so, is this ok to leave like this? Note: I’ve also tried using a bore pattern and freeing the rotation. When I do there is variation in both Y and Z but of course TP results significantly increase since there is now another variable to include in the error.

I’m measuring the true position of two threaded holes using the legacy true position with datum B primary and A secondary. The Y results vary, but the reported Z location is measuring zero. Nominal location being zero. When I switch from a diametral Y/Z tolerance zone to a polar zone, Z variation appears but the drawing does not specify a projected tolerance so I don’t want that. I also changed a feature’s nominal Z from 0 to 0.100 as a test, and its actual Z then reported 0.1000. Anyone know why this is happening? Given the datum structure, rotation is free so is Calypso forcing the feature to the perfect zero? If so, is this ok to leave like this? Note: I’ve also tried using a bore pattern and freeing the rotation. When I do there is variation in both Y and Z but of course TP results significantly increase since there is now another variable to include in the error.

In addition, check out this ZEISS Portal Knowledge Base article - https://portal.zeiss.com/knowledge-base?id=1596796. The error messaging is different, but I think the troubleshooting steps will be helpful.

Hello, Looking through some older forum posts, it appears the issue may be related to your graphics card. This post may point you in the right direction.

One on our cmm is constantly throwing this error after the program is finished and creating PDF file. These programs were running without issue since, until a couple of days ago. And I am getting it also now in my laptop using offline planner. Calypso V.6.8 Anybody know what is causing this?

We have something for cleaning granite, but i think those wear stains can not be cleaned. It's polished from using. We have air filters before machine. We had once a chip stuck in that bearing and it was grinding into granite. After replacement it was repaired - it's still visible, but no problems on machine. In job from 2016

So, anyone have any tips on how to clean this? Isopropyl and lint free doesn't seem to be cutting it. The air bearing surfaces don't have anything that you can directly feel, but they have visible wear marks/residue. This stuff when scrubbed with a lint free cloth barely comes up, it turns the cloth black, but it doesn't really remove the streak/shiny spot on top, or the clear line on the side. I'm mainly worried that over time this will harm the machine. The other thought I've had is maybe the bearing surface is porous enough that it has kind of filled itself in with dust and oil in the pores and it's not a real issue, because it isn't abrading anything. I tried running a .00005" indicator over it and saw almost 0 movement.

Yes this is what I used. So your saying I should try rehoming again? Im talking about the base alignments moving and not the Homing issue. I think its a box fault problem.

Hello There is Knowledge base article that will give you step by step instructions on how to fix this error https://portal.zeiss.com/knowledge-base?id=1475168

do you specifically need to be in the "Find Run" menu? Would it be possible to scan barcode from traveler or qr code from the part at the main screen of Auto Run and have it find the program and possibly start it?