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Give me a proper Slot Position inspection - I know it can be done because the Inspect software does it (does a complete Boundary position - not just the center point), and give me SIM/CZ for Line Profiles.

I have an auto qualification and adjustment PCM program that I created for Disc Styli. It requires you to place the Reference Sphere in the correct orientation for that particular stylus (this will handle a standard 1-5 star cluster if necessary - I haven't ever had a need for RDS and odd angles). The MasterProbe measures the Reference Sphere to set the X Y Z and Radius values. The program will pull all of the stylus systems available from the rack and ask you to select the one you want to qualify. It will prompt you to enter the Disc Diameter, Disc Thickness and the Roller Location (for those that use those). If anyone is willing to test, and provide feedback, please contact me via PM, and I will share. I'd rather not post it if there are issues.

If you have Curve - you can try out the new contour radius measurement. Seems very promising! Size - Curve Dimensions - Curve Contour

Nice... a dream becomes true?? Are you allowed to share this programm? Regards Karsten

Moin, So richtig erinnere ich mich leider nicht mehr.... Aber über CAD-Ansichten verwalten kannst du von der aktuellen CAD Ansicht ein Bild machen, Also auch im Schnitt und alles was du siehst. Das wird dann als Prüfmerkmal abgelegt. Im Reiter Prüfplan->Mehrfachprotokolle die Zeilenvorlagen austauschen anhaken und da drunter auch Plot-Filter aktivieren. In dem Filter aktivierst du dann deine CAD Ansicht. Die wird dann an der Position im Protokoll ausgegeben an der die CAD-Ansicht in den Prüfmerkmalen steht. Aber es geht sicher auch eine externe *.jpg an eine bestimmte Stelle zu laden. Aber ehrlich: PiWeb kann sicher fast alle, nur weiß niemand wie. Es ist das Vater-Monster von Zeiss-Software 🙂

Program is is running without issues for a long time, and this happens first time last night at the end of the run. We're just calibrating stylus in autorun. Anybody knows what causes this?

zeiss france sent me a program that makes that but i guess you need to have PCM to modify the stylus names

thansk a lot for sharing

Unfortunately, constrainig the location is the best option for very small radius measurements. I have noticed the following, when constraining radius position: Unconstrained: low form error, but position is way out due to small arc/lack of opposing points Constrained: position is forced to nominal; high form error (due to nominal position not being in the nominal location that it is being forced to assume) I always report the form result as a reference characteristic. Whenever possible, I try to use physical radius gages to verify CMM results.

Hi, I do a quite similar way to align a Cylinder styli but I do need as described some rounds and calculate the corrections outside. Then type in the corrections by hand. This take lot of time per styli system. What I need is an complete automatic program wich do the same things but insert the correction values by self. And the best solution is to integrate this to the standard automatic stylus calibration. Yesss: I have a dream....!

You can run it, but you will have to change to probes you use. Remember, all this program does is give you values so you can manually change the coords and radius of the disk styli. I run it two or three times after edits to ensure I get the results required.

Locking the radius and/or location may help. I think there might be a problem with the probe size, probe dia 0.5 mm is just too big for radius .0135 (0.32 mm). But the drawing shows a "min", so if the actual radius size is significantly larger, it may work. But then you should lock the radius size similar to the actual value, not the nominal radius. In any case, vision/optics or a contourograph will be more suitable here for measurement than Duramax. But mainly in my opinion this archaic way of dimensioning should be banned. Line or surface profile is much better for such purposes.

Hallo, ist es möglich ein Bild (einfaches jpg des Teiles mit Koordinatensystem) zu einem bestimmten Prüfmerkmal zu verknüpfen. Es soll dem Fertiger anzeigen in welche Achse er korrigieren muß. Ich komme leider nicht dahinter wie das funktioniert. Wir benutzen PiWeb Designer 8.6.22 Danke schon mal für eure Hilfe.

Thomas, Zeiss und KI ?? Wäre wie endliche unwahrscheinlichkeitsdrive und Bisto-O'-Matic 🙂 Nur um ein paar Formulare in verschiedene Sprachen übersetzen zu lassen eine KI anwerfen? Da ist die Frage der Formatierung wohl eher das Problem als "Standardabweichung" auf Mongolisch : Стандарт хазайлт 🙂 Hier im Forum PiWeb wird selten geantwortet... Solche Fragen lieber direkt an Zeiss und dabei DaumenDrücken und viel Erfolg.

Hello, I need a dynamic path for printing PiWeb logs. For example, I want to use the order number as a path variable. That would be ${Qdb.Measurement(53, -1)}. With the standard “Print” action, you can define the file path/name. If I enter the variable in the file path, it isn’t expanded—instead, a file path with the variable name is created. What is the syntax for dynamic paths?

yes i wish they could extend one year i bougth a new band contur amachine with sma contract beginning thi syear and no realese 2026 so.. will see

It will be interesting to see how Zeiss handles SMA customers if Calypso 2026 is not released. Will the fee for 2026 be refunded in that case? At my company, I opted for a 5-year SMA, as it comes with a significant discount.

Hi Richard, ths for the indormation, the program you have in zour original post is updated or i can use it as it is? i dont have PCM license

i really hope they fix the bugs and bring quality of life as shortcuts....

So, I asked Google's AI about Calypso 2027 release notes, and curiously there is a new Zeiss centers opening in Canada, and this is on the agenda:

Nice video Luis Oliveira. I use a similar approach with a setup stylus of the same length as my Disk Stylus. The difference is, I use the Reference Sphere (RS) instead of a Ring Gage. Based on the thickness of the Disk, I scan three circles as a sphere on the RS. This allows me to dial in all three axis locations of the Disk and the measured Sphere Size then I scan a circle for the Sphere Diameter based on the as found location of the RS for Size. (I don't use disks with a ball embedded and I don't use push or pull measurements). I can qualify any articulation that I need based on the Set Up Stylus articulations. Fine tuning the Axis coordinates and size is manually calculated and entered into the Stylus System Management dialog box. Note: I do not use CNC qualification. I use a CMM program that runs through measurements and calculate the changes from the results. (Image is from an offline seat) I typically re-qualify about every 15 days. I have been using this method for almost two years now. There is a post in the forum of this concept that I created.

P.S... I have attempted to try different methods to proceed using the dropdown menus. This usually ends with the software freezing and the program not saving.

Hey all, I keep running into an issue with a specific program while saving. I receive the screen below. How do I proceed from this window? Or how do I prevent this from popping up? Appreciate the help!

Adding to this, I have worked in the medical field for a long time. Working with implants for spines, I had one where there was not one single perpendicular or parallel feature. It was basically a (roughly) 1.800" long by .180 thick x .600 high torus with a lot of complex internal cutouts. This is how I created a BestFit alignment. I added Space Points to one quadrant in a pattern (as best I could). Using four alignments to establish each quadrant. - Each quadrant had points on the torus face and the exterior (where all the outside radii are). Then I mirrored each set to the other quadrants, based on each alignment. This creates sets of points that are identical in all four quadrants. Then I used this for the Best Fit Alignment with the CAD model. The reason for the quadrants and identical locations for each quadrant, allowed me to analyze each point to its other respective quadrant point. If the point Quad1 Pnt1 did not match Quad2 Pnt1, Quad3 Pnt1 and Quad4 Pnt1 it indicated I had a possible alignment issue. From this any Quad1 PntX should match any of the other relative QuadX PntX Nominal values and relatively close for Actuals when Used on the Best Fit alignment. This method passed a Medial Device/FDA Process Validation under ISO 13485.

@Chris Rotolo Looks like they brought the CAD model controls from Inspect over - thank goodness.