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Changing those parameters did not work for me at the time. But I haven't tried it in the latest version of the software.

your milage may vary depending on the version of CALYPSO you're using, but once you right click > export, you can select a specific alignment. at least that's the case in CALYPSO 2025

It's been a minute, but last time I tried to export points from a point cloud it was always relative to the base alignment. Just a heads up.

@Richard Stanich Features - Special - Point Cloud - Recall feature points of all features you want to export - right click on Point Set and export points.

Thank you all for the input. Once I can some free time on one of t our Duramax machines I'm going to work through these suggestions. Getting free un-interrupted time on a CMM is probably gonna be more difficult than adding more reporting data to the qualification program. Ha! I'll report back to this when I get some of this done. Lincoln

Ok, then how do I create a point cloud of measurement data?

I don't think this is possible via curves - at least i did not test this, i am using free form, which would be more suitable. Or you would need to scan a few hills to bestfit in Z axis - you will obtain Z value from which can be rotation calculated ( via given helix angle )

Thanks for the replies, I tried Chrome and got in. Oddly enough I've been able to access the forum using Edge.

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Correct - and the DXF export is only for Curve features.

Here's an article on the topic which goes a little more in depth. https://portal.zeiss.com/knowledge-base?id=3366611

Here's an article on the topic for anyone visiting this thread in the future. https://portal.zeiss.com/knowledge-base?id=3525316

I’ve found going strictly by the values Calypso gives you immediately after the requalification aren't reliable if you’re looking at part tolerance windows of anything less than +/- 0.001” (.0254mm). Here’s my experience. For every program I write, I also write a probe qualification program for whatever probe tips are used within the part program. The probe qualification program sets the X, Y, & Z origins of the artifact to “0”. I have the program go through and qualify all the tips first (so there’s always a minimum of at least two physical probe changes), then it goes back through and grabs each tip (even the master probe) and re-probes the artifact to see if the tip is still seeing the location and size of the artifact are still at “0”, “0”, “0” and 30mm Ø (or whatever size artifact I’m using). Reasonably often I’ll see results significantly different than the “0”, “0”, “0” and 30mm Ø that I was expecting. There are a few reasons that can cause this, but regardless the differences will still pop up at least once a week. If I wasn’t checking for this, or if I was only going by numbers Calypso gives me on the qualification page, I’d be introducing measurement error and wouldn’t even know it - I would be thinking it was the manufacturing process that wasn’t stable. From time to time I even find the master probe gets a bad qualification.

Hello @David Carr, have you tried another Browser? Even internally we often had issues caused by the Browser. Best Regards Marcel

Here is quick little document I created, please remember that you can select run from the tool bar, drop down menu and F8 on the joystick Rev is in honor of the student who lost it and is kind of a joke because he was an old co-worker that I can now bust his chops 🙂 Missing Run Button Rev Wade 01.pdf

Hi David, no, I just loged in.

Is anybody else having an issue logging into the Zeiss Portal? Haven't been able to log in for a couple weeks.

Hallo zusammen, ich möchte eine Kugelgewindespindel in Zeiss Calypso messen. Dafür muss die Spindel vor der eigentlichen Messung korrekt eingedreht werden. Ich habe gehört, dass man dafür einen Teil der Helix messen und anschließend einen Bestfit erstellen kann, bei dem nur die Rotation um die Spindelachse (C-Achse) freigegeben wird. Die Translationen X, Y und Z sowie die Rotationen um X und Y sollen dabei gesperrt bleiben, sodass lediglich die Verdrehung der Spindel bestimmt wird. Leider ist mir nicht klar, wie man das in Calypso Schritt für Schritt umsetzt. Meine Fragen sind: Wie erstelle ich daraus einen Bestfit, bei dem ausschließlich die Rotation um die Spindelachse freigegeben ist? Welche Einstellungen muss ich im Bestfit bzw. in der Ausrichtung vornehmen? Ein CAD-Modell sowie das Curve-Modul sind vorhanden. Falls jemand diesen Ablauf bereits umgesetzt hat oder ein Beispielprogramm bzw. eine kurze Anleitung hat, würde ich mich sehr darüber freuen. Vielen Dank!

I believe an element needs to be tied to characteristic for CNC export.

I use Red Cratex, sometimes Brown. You can rub or spin the sphere on the Cratex, it will clean it quite well. I examine the spheres under 7x and 10x. I have been doing this for about 18+ years extending the life of styli 10x in most diameters (1mm is difficult due to breakage). Do not spin the Cratex with a motorized device, spin the stylus instead by hand or motorized device at slow rpms.

I am trying to create a DXf file of points for a customer; I have not worked with this option before. I should be creating a folder with dxf files, it isn't working. The last image is an example of what is required in simplest terms. What do I have wrong or don't have setup?

My understanding is that Sigma values on zeiss are always in millimeters regardless of the machine units setting.

I posted a slyli roundness check program is this thread. the one I use is highly modified from the one posted. So feel free to customize it as needed. I highly recommend buying a separate reference ball from Bal-Tec. That way you're not wearing out your reference sphere by running probe checks all day. I record the styli roundness, diameter, and XYZ values in a database to see trends over time.

In addition to this instruction, I recall the current stylus values in my reports and then report the after qualification in the same reports. (Ignore the tolerances, I rely strictly on deviation of before and after results). If we see deviations of .0001, it is automatically investigated with disc styli being an exception. _Micura_252_26.6.29_2026-6-29_8_27_22 am_.pdf

@Christoph Schult I see page number 23 in english version. Thank you, I wasn't aware of that. @Nanno Muehl Do we see user interface improvement possibility here? Maybe when Standard ISO 1101 is used, Tolerated element - Associated should be greyed-out. But it should still be available when selecting Standard - Geometry