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My rule is two service packs, but honestly sometimes software needs 4 or more before they get enough bugs out to be worth using.

I used to curse PC-DMIS. It was the worst software I had used to date ... then I started learning Calypso and boy was I in for a shock. I deleted a probe the other day while it was still in the holder. Don't do that btw. It completely breaks calypso and you either have to get live tech support to fix the problem hidden deep behind a password or you have to uninstall and reinstall the software with all that implies. I have found two other hideous bugs since then.

I intended to wait until the first service pack at a minimum. I am still on 2024. I was contemplating upgrading to 2025, soon. I just had time to mess around with 2027, and thought I would at least look under the hood a little.

Machs gut, Jörg!

Select Maximum on both, or Max on circle/cylinder and middle for line.

It's on right panel ( press TAB ) and on one of pages is a button ( in the middle ) - i can not show it right now

Good Morning Martin I was able to create my own blank page, but I am missing where you can get the label choice to populate the report. Not very verse on report making.

I want to measure distance from intersection 1 to intersection 2. I'm using caliper distance, so the distance is parallel to Z. How can I get maximum distance calculation.

I don't mind charts and graphs in color, I want the basic template to be black and white while retaining the Red for OOT conditions. Any idea of what direction I should take? Are there any PiWeb gurus who could create a template, I am willing to pay for it.

Use a stepped stylus with a minimum of 12mm ML. I use 15mm ML and have no problems using a 30mm Reference Sphere. Typically, the MLE is 5mm or less, I have found the 5mm MLE works best.

It's only for the first time - if you place fixture on machine again on "same" spots you can run it normally - only if you move it elsewhere you would need to adjust it's position by manual run. So you don't need to do it on daily basis or shift.

Thank you too @Jörg Apfelbach. Enjoy.

Heute ist mein letzter Tag, und ich möchte mich auf diesem Weg bei allen herzlich bedanken, die mir hier im Forum mit Rat und Tat zur Seite gestanden haben. Für die Unterstützung, den Austausch und die vielen hilfreichen Beiträge bin ich sehr dankbar. Ich wünsche euch alles Gute, bleibt gesund und macht weiter so! Vielen Dank für die gemeinsame Zeit. 😊

Thank you, I will try.

Create a loop over the inspection: Go to Characteristics -> right click in empty Space (mark no characteristic) -> Loop

I know how to do it in autorun. In editor you can also do it, but i don't know if it will save all pdfs

Hello, I need help about inserting loop in a program: I want to control a piece 5 consecutive times and have 5 different report saved in a folder. How can I do ? Thanks in advance.

You can add notes during the project template creation (file -> create template from project): They are visible in the template selection:

it looks like calypso 2027 is BROKEN, I guess i will wait for the service pack 1 or 2

Do I dare ask if the price is following the geometric dimensions and therefore be 60 % higher? 😉

I think I’ll go back to 2025. The "traffic light" indicator often disappears, and when I try to bring it back, I get error messages. Also, a program written in 2023—which includes CAD analysis and always ran smoothly in 2025—no longer works in 2027. It crashes at the end with an error, and I have to force-close it via the Task Manager.

Yes i run it with autorun on both machines. okay now i understand what you mean by saying do it manually, problem is that the colleagues who are working with it dont have that much time to do it manually. Thanks for your help Martin

I am trying for the first time to create a qualification program. I have a Vast XXT. I am following the instructions in a pdf that has been posted here a few times and it states to change the mode from Qualify Passive Stylus to Geometry Re-Qualification. However when I try to do this on my RC-CAA probes, everything is greyed out. Does that mean you cannot change it and it must remain Qualify Passive Stylus? This seems odd considering that when you qualify it without it being part of a program, it does allow you to select Geo Re-Qual. Also, what is the RS 2 column? It says below that it is for Dynamic Reference Sphere for Navigator only. I don't know what Navigator is, but it has a reference sphere listed in that column for only this probe. The other probes do not list anything in that column.

I recently had a problem that took me way too long to figure out. I had a part that measured great except for the few features that were measured with the angled probe. I beat my head against it and eventually discovered that the issue was the calibration with the regular straight 3mm probe on a 75 mm stem. It was off by almost 0.03". I think that what had happened was that somebody had not revalued the reference sphere before calibration. The interesting thing is that the numbers on the calibration were great. It looked like a good calibration. Good sigma etc. With roughly 100 features measured using over 10 probe orientations of basically every approach angle with that probe it agreed with itself. Holes on one side of the part were directly in line with holes on the other side of the part. I would expect that to not be the case. The Y direction was off by almost 0.03" (not to mention the issues in X though Z was good). So when I am probing from the +X side vs probing from the -X side with a generic probe, if the reference sphere location was wrong by 0.03" I would expect the holes on the two sides to be off by 0.06" relative to eachother. I think the CAA just does a ton of magic to bring those into alignment so that anything with that probe is basically good to other things with that same probe. But if you use another probe with a regular calibration ... especially a good calibration ... the two probes will disagree by the offset in the reference sphere location, or about 0.03" in this case. Does that sound right? Does anybody else have more insight or experience with this? I cannot afford the cmm time to truly test the theory.