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Thank you Caitlin and Edgar for your responses. I checked for the issues that you both mentioned, however, neither seems to be the case. What I did find is that when I reassigned the stylus systems at my online machine after programming, I neglected to change the Measurement Plan default to an active stylus system. Once I corrected this, the Measurement Plan worked as expected. Ken Quast 3-D CNC

I’m recalling the raw data points from 3 smaller separate curves into 1 big curve and I’m puzzled as to the results and graphic printout on the report. If I analyze and plot the 3 separately, there’s no problem at all. Now if you look at the supplied plot (the gaps in the plot are supposed to be there), there’s a blue line that’s being added. I don’t know what it represents, and as you’ll see it’s being included in the analysis which makes the results useless. What’s even more odd, is that I can re-run it using the same raw data, and get a significantly different blue line and significantly different answers. Anybody know what’s going on and how do I fix this?

I've seen this behavior when I left "Current Selection" active.

Would the .015 tolerance be treated like a dynamic profile?

I am getting this error when trying to start our Zeiss Comet blue light scanner. Any help would be appreciated.

CALYPSO: MasterProbe Part Numbers in SSC MasterProbe MT/VAST Adapter Plate: 600667-9602-000 Stylus: 600342-8023-010

This typically works in that situation - CALYPSO: Excel No Actuals

Hello Gustavo, In my opinion, it doesn't make much sense to analyze a cylinder here. The measurable surface area is too small—less than a quarter of the cylinder. The actual measurements of the radius and the position of the axis obtained in this way are, in my opinion, not very meaningful. Since the target dimensions 4.8, R22.5, and 51.3 are TED values, I would only analyze the measurable lateral surface (patch as a surface) and evaluate that. If you still have deviations, please also check the datums again to make sure they were all calculated and selected correctly. Franz

Hello MT, disabled Macros within Excel are mostly the issue when no actual results are displayed. If you go into Options/Trust Center you can activate Macros as a first test. www.portal.zeiss.com/knowledge-base?id=1263814 Best Regards Marcel

A CAD converter is required to read CAD models that contain PMI data. A direct interface such as CALYPSO CATIA V5/V6 or CALYPSO CREO (depending on the database) is recommended. The CALYPSO STEP interface is now also possible (from version 2021). However, data information is often lost when reading in via the STEP interface. I only have Calypso 2020 💩 so I can´t use this tool.

On my offline seat, my excel file refuses to populate anything other than header information. v2022 I have not been able to solve this one. I can take the same program and run on a live CMM and it all works as it should.

Dear all, we are facing the problem that in the Excel Report from Calypso the Actual values are missing. Everything else is availaible in the file (Nominal, Upper tol, ...) Has anyone else also had this issue in the past and give me a hint? Thank you for your support.

Caitlin, I can manually execute the Characteristics, and they work fine. But when I try to run the entire Measurement Plan, only the Base Alignment features run, and Characteristics the reference any of the 3 features used in the Base Alignment. Ken Quast 3-D CNC

Ken, are the characteristics all set up correctly? Only features with characteristics will run, so I am wondering if the characteristics are all set up and have the right features pulled in?

More specifics are likely needed. The Calypso software crashes? Or the entire computer blue screens? Does an error message pop up at all?

Which 8mm stylus for the VAST XT would I buy? Home > Stylus Systems > CMM Styli > M5 > Reference styli Ø Sphere (DK) Length (L) Measurement Length (ML) Ø Shaft (DS) Stylus Tip Material Shaft Material Ø Body (DG) Product ID Availability List price 8.0 115.0 56.5 6.0 Ruby Tung. Carb. 19.0 626115-0805-115 $ 190.00 8.0 63.5 50.5 6.0 Ruby Tung. Carb. 11.0 600342-8023-010 $ 130.00 12.0 77.0 50.0 5.0 Ruby Tung. Carb. 19.0 626115-1200-077 $ 280.00 8.0 110.0 88.0 6.0 Ruby Tung. Carb. 19.0 626115-0800-110 $ 190.00

Snippet from the print, initially I read this as two separate instructions. Now I am leaning on the Note 9 is a construct of how Flag Note 17 is applied where applicable while Note 9 may encompass any feature on the part generated under the instruction. Note 9 is a general note falling under the initial heading above the notes "Unless Otherwise Specified". Note 17 is a flag note.

Maybe I should have included this note. 🫤 I think Note 9 applies to Note 17.

First draw back I see that you can't rename the PMI entities prior to creation. Zeiss should add a dialog box to enter the characteristic name prior to creating the characteristic. The pmiData.pmi file appears to be an xml file. I can edit the PMI file and rename characteristic names, not sure of the effect on tolerances and related features/characteristics yet. Don't mind my ramblings, I am searching for methods of characteristic creation that follows my characteristic naming scheme.

If the surface texture has not been applied to the part yet, then I would ignore the note entirely. I'm assuming this note is to control surfaces that get powder coating / paint, so it is an N/A situation if the inspection is being performed prior to coatings.

I have written or edited well over 100 measurement plans in Calypso 2023, and have never run into this issue before. I have 2 measurement plans that I created on my offline system. All features were created off of a solid model, with the MasterProbe being used as the probe. The programs were then loaded onto my Online machine, and the Stylus Systems were changed to ones that I actually run on the machine. Today, when I tried testing these 2 programs, they would complete the first 3 features, which complete my Base Alignment. No additional features would run, however, I can manually execute all of the feature tests, and the characteristics will update, but my Multiple Report will not update. Any suggests on how to correct this issue? Ken Quast 3-D CNC Hutchinson, Mn.

Recently we have encountered a new issue with our Calypso system. After running the measurement plan the computer will crash upon attempting to pull up the report. Has anyone encountered this problem before or have tips for fixing it?

Make a backup, but you can just delete the inspset file inside of the measurement plan folder. You can also manually edit the inspset file and remove everything inside of "#parameters:" If you delete the file, it will also reset things that you might have had setup, mainly things regarding the file output and header parameters.

Planes can be filtered and efficiently outlier eliminated, Free-forms cannot. I suspect that is the difference you are seeing. You can test this by looking at the flatness with both the filter and outlier elimination turned off.

No STEP242 version available, but you can use the cadcube_PMI-named.sat file.