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Greetings Does anyone have any recommendations on how to inspect the blend radii on the inner and outer platforms from the airfoil? I am trying to use contruct curve orthogonal radius, but am running into issues. Thanks Jim

@Jeff Frodermann Interested. Please dm me as well. Thanks !

Yea...I think this is going to work for us with the following code, I'm breaking out of the for loop b/c the first related element is the point and that is all I care about: for i in gom.ElementSelection ({'category': ['key', 'elements', 'part', gom.app.project.parts['Part'], 'explorer_category', 'nominal', 'object_family', 'dimension', 'type', 'inspection_dimension_3d']}): distance_name = i.get('name') if 'DIST' in distance_name: gom.script.explorer.apply_selection(selection=gom.app.project.actual_elements[distance_name]) for i in gom.ElementSelection ({'category': ['key', 'related']}): point_name = i.get('name') print(f'{distance_name} : {point_name}') if 'PLN' in point_name: print('-------------------------------------------------------------------------------') print(f'Warning there could be a Plane used as a point in a distance for: {distance_name}') print('-------------------------------------------------------------------------------') break And that output these results for me: DIST_118-1 : PLN_118-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warning there could be a Plane used as a point in a distance for: DIST_118-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIST_118-2 : PNT_118-FITTING-2 DIST_118-3 : PNT_118-FITTING-1 DIST_118-4 : PNT_118-FITTING-2 DIST_129-1 : PNT_129-TOUCH-1 DIST_129-2 : PNT_129-TOUCH-2 DIST_205-1 : PNT_205-END-1 DIST_205-2 : PNT_205-END-2 DIST_205-3 : PNT_205-END-3 DIST_205-4 : PNT_205-END-4 DIST_223-1 : PNT_222-INT-1 DIST_223-2 : PNT_222-INT-2 DIST_223-3 : PNT_222-INT-3 DIST_223-4 : PNT_222-INT-4 Thanks for the help.

There are 7 moves for a standard feature in Calypso 1 - Clearance Plane 2- Clearance Distance 3 -Retract Distance 4 - Probing/Scanning 3 - Retract Distance 2 - Clearance Distance 1 - Clearance Plane

Thanks...That is pretty much what I was looking for, but it isn't working as intended b/c it is not showing me that a static point in space was selected as seen in the white static point below: The outputs from your script are: Related Elements to Actual Element: gom.app.project.inspection['PLN_118-1'] gom.app.project.inspection['PLN_118-3'] gom.app.project.actual_elements['PLN_118-3'] gom.app.project.inspection['ITEM_118_DIST_1'] gom.app.project.inspection['DIST_118-1'] gom.app.project.reports['report 3'] gom.app.project.reports['report 1'] gom.app.project.alignments['AGE'] gom.app.project.parts['Part'].original_alignment gom.app.project.alignments['Prealignment'] So it is showing that PLN_118-1 is being used, but I was hoping it was going to show 'PLN_118-1 (-0.178575, 0.000, 0.000)', which is not the proper element to use for the point on a distance. It doesn't float, the person I'm training has made a few of these errors and I want a script to catch this. If you click the plane as your point of reference it creates a white static point in space, but fools a beginner into thinking you are doing the distance to a point on that plane, when in fact it is a static point in space and will never change. I don't like that the software allows for this. It was the first thing I teach anyone in GOM...do not have white stuff in your outputs. I do think that I can script something where if the first element has 'PLN' in the name it flags it as a possibly incorrectly constructed distance for review. We are diligent with our naming conventions so in my opinion the first element for us should start with 'PNT'. I'll construct something and let you know how it worked. Thanks for the help.

2026-02-18 10-40-47.mp4 Here is a quick video showing the clearance distance in action.

We got Curve and Freeform on our new Zeiss and unfortunately there is no in person training available nearby at all, and the next online live training is not until the end of April. I'm wondering if any of you did the Zeiss Calypso Curve eLearning downloadable training and what you think of it, or if you have suggestions of YouTube videos that you found helpful.

Clearance Distance is the distance that the stylus travels at the beginning and end of the feature. The direction of the Clearance Distance is parallel to the axis of the feature. This may not appear obvious on a feature that is parallel or perpendicular to the a side of the cube, but when you have tilted holes it becomes obvious. Without a clearance distance that is parallel to the hole, you would have no way to properly navigate in and out of a feature without the aid of position points. Retract Distance is the distance that the stylus travels between strategies. The direction of the Retract distance is perpendicular to the surface of the feature. Think of this one as a "backoff" amount. How close do you want the probe to be to the surface before it takes a hit.

I am having trouble with clearance distances and retract distances. I don't understand exactly what they are and what they do or how to best apply them and was wondering if anyone could give me some insight?

@Richard Shomaker that was it precisely. Thank you. And, I didn't even need to say Pretty please....🤣

I gotcha @Tom Oakes. Check our DM.

Hello all, We're running Calypso 8.0 and PiWeb basic. The reports will not show up at the end of program on random programs. Some will spit out a report just fine and others, even when recreated, will not output any report. Was this a known condition with PiWeb for 8.0? I saw there is a new service pack but it's for the enterprise version, does that fix the issue with basic? Regards, Scott

Does this program have Curves in it? That's usually one of the most difficult features to downgrade. Maybe you could at least remove those, or remove certain pieces of the program to get it to open in an older version.

I have a Calypso 2020 program that I need to run on Calypso 2019. In the past, in situations like this, I would delete the ver file and and the program would open on a older version of Calypso. ( I understand this is not safe nor is it suggested by Zeiss, but I assumed all risk.) In some cases I would have to delete the inspset file to make it able to be opened. Well, those steps are not working in this situation so I am off on my journey to re-write the program in 2019. Fortunately, I will be able to have the 2020 program open on a monitor nearby, so I can at least use it as guide which should make the process go a lot faster. Now, my question. I've always been under the opinion there was no way to copy features/characteristics from one program to another unless you were doing it in the same session of Calypso on one pc. However, I know there are some of you that have come up with strange workarounds for a lot of "can't do" scenarios. Any ideas on how to copy from one version on one pc to another version on another pc? Anything that will make this task easier?

Hi guys i finally make it work thanks for the support and help

How do you adjust the air regulator? We have a similar issue; the controller is set at 4.9.

Hi guys i finnaly make it work thanks for the help

Hello, the export via the menu, not the export in the table is based on export templates. They do not represent the table in the 3D view and also not the table on a report page created with the report template 'Table'. The function FILE->EXPORT->REPORT->INSPECTION->CSV will export the inspection on a report page, using the CSV export template, not the displayed table on a report page. As Quintus writes, it's possible to edit the export templates, but it is not as easy as editing the table. It is possible to show and export checks from different alignments from the table with help of local coordinate systems: ZEISS Quality Tech Guide Nanno

ok,thanks!!

Thanks so much, Jürgen! I've already been able to export them; now I just need to be able to load them into AutoCAD... hehe. Can you help me with that too?😉

Hi all, Just wanted to check what is the general recommendation once a new software release has been installed. From Zeiss inspect 2025 to 2026, do you generally leave the old version on the pc, or do you uninstall the previous versions. If so, what are the look-outs? Cheers, Florian

Hello David, you can export the points of a curve as DXF. To do this, right-click on the curve and select “Export points.” In the window, you can then adjust the settings and finally select the path for the file. If you want to have multiple curves in one file, call up the points of all curves in a freeform surface and then export the points of the surface.

Hello, you can edit the table templates.

above table show deviation of all cavity but we need to actual value of p1\pf2/pf3 like that(when measure distace,circle diameter etc)