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I would like to state for the record Mr. Frodermann, that I do not have 6 fingers. Tom's comment does seem to track with how the button currently works. Unfortunately, I do not have any line of communication with that team to find out what they are looking at as answers since it says "in evaluation" but I will try to ask around and see if I can get any further information to bring back here.

Hello Dragut It's a fixed value for the Waviness template and you can only modify it manually 😞 Also most of time the input shows 0.000, because it's rounded to integer 😞 A possible value at your example could be 10nm ==> input = 0.000010 ==> shown = 0.0 Therefore I prefer customized graphic for parts, which longer under production. Klaus

Currently voted as #3 all-time, #2 unresolved suggestion on MyVoice:

Why is there even an undo button? It doesn't work!!!!

When building a stylus with movable parts, what is the trick to getting the movable parts at the correct angles? And how critical is it?-Unfortunately, the biggest trick is practice, especially with XXt styli, but the methods described by other users here can help make it easier. How critical the angle is is dependent on the measurement: how far into the part you need to go (the further in the more precise you need to be), the size of the feature (especially hole diameter), and the ratio of the probe tip to the probe shaft diameter. All of these contribute to the potential for shanking the probe. I am building the stylus pictured. It can be rotated 360° (blue arrow) and the knuckle can bend back and forth as well (green arrow). Let's say that when the RDS is at 0°/0° I want the stylus to face forwards towards me and be lifted up 45° towards me. How do I ensure that it is exactly centered / forward and exactly 45° up? What if it is not exact? How far away from that can I be before it creates an issue? The way to ensure it is exactly centered is to set the probe through whatever method you choose above, then check the angles on a CMM (ideally the exact one it will be used on, to account for any slight variances in the systems) using the method Chad describes above. I personally will do a quicker version of this check as a go, where I will take 2 points on a sharp cornered object (such as as machinist block) as a quick check, then adjust until I am happy with the result, at which point I will do the full cylinder check. How far away from nominal you can be depends on the factors above, I personally shoot for under +/-0.1degree on most probes, but your actual acceptable values will vary. What angle does the reference sphere have to be at in order to qualify it without a collision? So far our reference sphere has always just been straight up. The reference sphere can be set at various angles, so long as the stylus being calibrated can access the sphere about the equator without any component hitting (The angular coverage of the sphere can be adjusted for VAST systems if necessary, dependent on if the calibration is Geometry, Tensor, or Dynamic Tensor). An easy way to ensure this is to effectively point the sphere and stylus at each other. If they make a straight line through their axes, then it should be able to access, but this is not the only viable angle set. If I have to change the angle of the reference sphere, how do I ensure it is at the correct angle? If you choose to, you can measure the exact angle of the cal sphere by measuring a cylinder along the shaft of the cal sphere, but often times you can get close enough for successful calibration with a little care and manual setting(you can probably eyeball it close enough to a 45deg rotation to work, and the tilt is typically controlled by the cal sphere stand, so that should be close as well) When I go to qualify it, if it does the thing where it guesses what angle the probe is at, but it's not what I intended, do I change the values to match what I intended, or do I adjust the stylus and try again until it matches? This depends. The guessing what angle thing can happen because the probe is too far off, but more often it occurs because you did not probe close enough to the centerline of the sphere while travelling in the direction of the axis of the probe. So ideally, you should confirm your stylus is correct via the method described by Chad above, then you would know that the error is in your manual probing and should be able to be dealt with by inputting what the values should be. Do be careful as sometimes what Calypso guesses you intended those angles to be may have a different sign than you expect, which can cause confusion. You'll usually know if you had a sign issue as soon as it starts calibrating though, it won't probe even close to along the probe shaft axis. Proper calibration start should visually be probing along the axis of the probe, and the initial point(s) should point to the center of the sphere (mostly, the CNC cal doesnt do this exactly for technical reasons, but it is still close) What if in the future I wanted to use this same set up but have the knuckle point the probe at 30° rather than 45°. I imagine I would need to create a whole new stylus system, correct? But wouldn't that require a separate adapter plate so that the CMM would recognize whether it was the 30° setup or the 45° setup? Would it make more sense to leave this one the same and buy an identical setup and make a whole new configuration? This also depends. You would normally want to create a new stylus system in Calypso for the 30deg angle, not just update your existing 45deg one, but there are cases where updating is the right option(the probe created just for Hole27 was at 45deg, they changde the part and now hole27 is cut at 30deg instead of 45 for example) . If you never intended to use the 45deg setup again, you could simply delete it out of Calypso, and then make a 30 deg probe configuration with the existing adapter plate and teach that into Calypso. If you want to have both a 30deg and a 45deg setup, yes you should have 2 different adapter plates, as fully separate physical configurations as well as separate entries in Calypso. Regarding buying new tooling and making a whole new configuration, I would say this is the best option for common or frequently used configurations, but it may make sense to tear down and use components to build new probes for short term use or one off tools. Personally I am not a fan of reusing those knuckle joints, too many cycles of adjusting them can wear them out to where the no longer hold angle very well. There are a number of videos, articles, and guides which may be useful to you on these topics and others. All of these can be found here on the Zeiss Portal, but you can also find much of the video content on the ZeissIQS youtube channel, which may be easier to search videos https://www.youtube.com/@ZEISSIQS/videos

Richard, I think we need more info : What would cause 'plane 3' to be active or not ?, this could help us solve it. Also by chance, is plane 3 always a primary datum of the base alignment for example ? This might help with the solution as well, if it is just a random feature not tied to an alignment etc, it could be more challegning.

Thank you Piotr and Kevin. I believe your recommendations have solved my issue!

Hello, I have a question regarding the Suppression Level parameter in the plot, and I would appreciate your assistance. Is it possible to modify this limit directly via PCM, or is it necessary to use custom templates with different values in order to keep the desired limit constant? Additionally, in the image below, it can be observed that the Suppression Level is set to a value of 1.0.

I hope that helps. Type name of the new user - and then press +.

I dont see on this picture clicked tick boxes to active specific values - all of them are turned off. Please activated them and then make test.

This should do. //Used to run a specific Miniplan dependent on Pallet Location Number, add additional pallet locations as needed PltNum=getRecordHead("palletlocationnumber") if PltNum=="1" then setRunID("Run Left") endif if PltNum=="2" then setRunID("Run Right") endif

👍🏻Looks nice, maybe that can be modified, with a scale for some angles.👍🏻 There used to be a 2D template for adjusting it. 😎 unfortunately, it's for VAST M5.

What is the behavior set to in "Extras-Settings-CMM-Stylus System-Stylus check during CNC start"?

I believe this is what you will need. getRecordHead("palletlocationnumber") setRunID("your miniplan name")

Hello Klaus. I've attached the measurement plan inspection.What it needs,the harmonics table list of the 3 waveness to add it near the fourier analysis plot as it is in the measurement report you attached. I'm using the Calypso 8.0 version the plan inspection is in 6.2. IR.TR1.KEROLA.7z

We designed the fixtures specifically for each stylus. Here, for example, only for rotation to the plate:

not needed but probably recommended by Zeiss due to : when the machine loses air, the brakes stop the RAM, and this could result in very small positioning error such as loss of position < or = to 1 micron. Also for example when machine is homed it never goes to exact exact exact same spot, so positions will be extremely minor differences. That said, this minor position will not affect typical use, you usually have plenty of clearance to navigate to your part, also active scanning and feature measurement are based on the found datum base alignment, so standard clearances apply here as well. My suggestion : Daily: home machine calibrate all probes if possible. soft to medium collision of stylus components : calibrate master probe and stylus system affected. hard collision to the ram or the probe head that holds the stylus : home machine calibrate all probes as soon as possible. Good luck, happy measuring !!

This is a great idea for common angles, when you don't have a dedicated stylus system! Do you have individual fixtures for single angles, or did you create a fixture for multiple angles? ...is the 3D printer file anything that you can share?

Same here (almost). In fact, quality is the top priority in my company, it's rated even higher than delivery reliability. But there were countless times over the years when I tried to explain quality or measurement related concepts to our engineers and had a hard time with it.

For these stylus, we designed an alignment device and manufactured it using a 3D printer.

If you do have PCM you could use autorun with a pallet, then create 1 program with two strategies in the features that require different tips/approach/etc. Then, in the presetting of your program code in to use the corresponding strategy dependent on pallet location number. If you do not want to do multiple strategies, you could do this with miniplans as well. Either method would have the same outcome you're looking for. I have accomplished this in a past, but I no longer have access to the programs, or I would share the exact PCM.

You need special PCM syntax to create more then 30 harmonics for a table at PiWeb.Also advaced handling for the customized PiWeb report is necessary. Please post more info, so I can send costomized PCM ans PiWeb. 33.pdf

Hello, Recently purchased a new Spectrum with Calypso 2025 after using 2019 for years. An issue I am seeing is with the "Define limit value for Stylus", not alerting me when my styli have gone longer than the set hours for calibration. So, I have it set to 12 hours, but the probe will still measure after that time. I have tried setting this globally in Settings, and the probe individually and the issue still exists. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hello, I'm trying to create a characterstic table but this characteristic table I want it to be as a table list see photo wavetable.gra.Mine goes on the next page....Does anyone know what has to be done?Also tried the page layout as table layout but no luck.