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We have a new tool rack installed on our O-Inspect. There are currently our MasterProbe, a Z stylus system, and a T stylus system with +Y and -Y styli. I have a measurement plan that uses only the Z stylus system. It loads the Z stylus system correctly when the measurement plan is opened and run. When I switch to the measurement plan that utilizes the T stylus system, it pops up an error saying that the Z stylus system Y stylus is not qualified. It does not have a +Y or -Y stylus installed, either physically or according to the computer. Why does the machine not go grab the correct stylus from the rack like it does the Z stylus system? This works correctly for both T and Z on our Spectrum.

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Probably a newb question. I just created a new measurement plan by probing (no CAD). After getting the base alignment and clearance planes all established from the features, I go to run the program and the only option available is Current Alignment. It obviously doesn't move and generates the report but how do I get it to either use the CNC alignment or a manual alignment?

Haven't personally tested, but this thread exists:

@Chris Rotolo 2021 version. Will repost in PCM.

Repost from General. Hi All, How do you pull the sub-values from a true position characteristic with PCM? I have a true position of a Ø (-H-) to a datum scheme (-A-B-C-), and it reports the calculated value. I need to report the correction values for pulling the true position in spec. I know that you can enable an additional printout to get these values, but I would prefer to pull this into a standalone characteristic (Result element) using PCM. When I attempt to cheat the software with "getActual("-H- Position1").y" I receive the following error. Any help is appreciated!

When using threaded true position pins, I do a cylinder on the measurement area of the pin and then use the intersection of that to the plane where the hole is located as the point for the feature to be measured to. To the professionals: If this is a bad habit, please let me know. It has worked well for me on several parts. I typically do this to find true position of any hole.

Disregard. I figured it out. Simply have to edit the base report and can switch the report out to either MM or Inch and save a new report.

Hi, How do I make my data or change my PiWeb Plus software to spit out the correct data? Just noticed this and haven't had this problem before. But it has been awhile since I used to PiWeb plus.

Thanks. This helps, Its only during Homing where it limits out. To fix it I keep the machine now cloe to the home and at 10mm speed vs full. I will have a tech come out. The CMM data not found is because of a homing issue.

Hi Frederico, Have a look one post up from yours.

Yes, I want to avoid penetration. That is why I used best fit with tolerance, either using the outer function or setting the lower limit to zero.

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The air bearing on the other side of the gantry may also be defective.

Like Norbert, I’m of the opinion that the problem stems from the drive mechanism. Perhaps try cleaning the metal band with alcohol. If the roller has shifted, the drive is faulty. Zeiss needs to come and take a look.🙄

@Matthias Mundt What you can do is make a routing table. Set in Calypso program only folder name, so it would be always in "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Zeiss\Calypso\Workarea\qdas" Then place a BAT file into "inspection" folder to let it run for every program. This BAT will read content of "qdas" folder and move files inside those folders accordingly to routing table. Only problem would be mass editing programs for changing that path.

Hello,I need to reinstall GOM Inspect 2019 Hotfix 8 (rev. 131186) free version on a new PC to ensure compatibility with historical projects in my company.The 2019 version is no longer visible in my download center. Could a moderator please provide a download link or an FTP access to the installer? Thank you very much.

Apart from air pressure the symptoms point to a lag issue. If the CMM starts moving with high acceleration and the belt (or whatever drives the axis) slips slightly, you get a difference between the distance the axis should have travelled and how far it actually moved according to the scales. This difference is constantly monitored by the controller, and if it exceeds a certain amount, the drives are shut off.

Hi, is there an existing command or is there a way to define somehow the range of more sphere centers? The CMM uses the tilting head and measure the reference sphere with 5 head positions and I want ot see the range of the centerpoints in X, Y and Z. So basically it is a calculation of three ranges for 5-5 points. Thanks for support!

We installed the update to 8.0.1603 a few days ago, and the error has not occurred since.

an eine Batch hab ich auch schon gedacht aber wir haben über 500 Programme mit bis zu 170 Varianten je Programm. Es scheint so als ob einfach auf die Ordnererstellung nicht gewartet wird. Calypso versucht einfach die QDAS zu schreiben ohne das das anlegen der Ordner abgeschlossen ist. Bereite ich die Ordnerstruktur vor, wird auch die QDAS direkt geschrieben. Lokal auf dem PC funktioniert das in der Regel zuverlässig, im Netzwerk leider nicht. I had considered using a batch script, but we have over 500 programs, with up to 170 variants per program. It seems as though the system simply doesn't wait for the folder creation to finish; Calypso attempts to write the QDAS file before the folder setup is complete. If I prepare the folder structure in advance, the QDAS file is written immediately. This generally works reliably on the local PC, but unfortunately not over the network.

Hi @Matthew D. What version of Calypso are you working with? Both the new GD&T engine and classic engine can support pattern location for position, but the route to accomplish this task differs. You can also use a best-fit alignment with respect to Datum A.

I was doing pattern TP with bestfit option - then you can use this as alignment.

I have a rectangular pattern of six holes on the top plane. The top plane is datum A. The engineer want the best fit location of the pattern to datum A. Would I have to create a new feature derived from all of those holes? If so could I just do a circle and recall?