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I would calibrate right after crash just that probe system and then regularly, depending on your usage. You can get into situation, where you have a collision which is not a collision, just a probe which ran into a void. There is no need to do such calibration after drives are off - they can shut down to conserve air consumption every 15 minutes of inactivity - that would be hilarious to do calibration in this case. I am running calibration program, which measure before calibration and then after calibration - this can tell you if you have a problem with specific probe ( lose screw and so on )

Accura and Accura2, VAST Gold in each My company requires qualification of all styli after drives off, whether it happened due to a collision or a holiday weekend shutdown. I've felt for a long time that this is unnecessary, particularly in the intentional shutdown scenario. What would change about a stylus or a stylus system (relative to the Master Stylus) during a shutdown? I've got a couple machines; each has a rack with 21 systems. They're all very different from one another, meaning I need to use 3 different sphere sizes in a total of 7 positions. A full qualification of both machines takes just under 3 hours. This past holiday the pain of lost hours was great enough I think I'm poised to make a change here. I'd happily verify a couple and get back to work in 15 minutes if there were no findings. Google's AI bot says there's no reason. I believe him, but I don't trust him 😉 What do you guys think?

4 sigma will likely attenuate the same number of points as turning off the elimination, give or take one point in 20,000.

Oh man. Richard just increased my job satisfaction by 35.5% with this tip 😄

Your "current" is TL3 and your new one is TL1 Your head seems to accept tl2,3,4

I bought 3 new plates at the end of 2025, snuck them in with some leftover budget. Put one together today and it wont click into place on the head There are 2 little balls on the base plate that need to lock in to the head, but the ones i bought are in the wrong location. the head has 3 "holes" but 1 is filled in with what looks like epoxy. Can i press out the ball from its current location and move it over to the spot that it needs to be in? Additionally, there is a sticker in the box that says the base needs to be Activated, is that a new thing? My CMM computer is not connected to the network, so there is no internet on this machine.

Thank you very much for the PDF file, Martin. The methods in this file are exactly what I frequently use now, but they are too cumbersome. That's why I asked if it's possible to use approach/retract like in PC-DMIS, because this feature in PC-DMIS is extremely practical. However, CALYPSO 2023 does not seem to have this feature (sub-safe planes still require resetting between different elements, which significantly increases my programming time). Just like in PC-DMIS, many features have been updated and are very useful. For example: Arrays are easier to use than in CALYPSO. Safe planes can be deleted. Finding the nearest CAD element is convenient. The start and end points of circular path scanning are very user-friendly, whereas CALYPSO always feels rigid and not flexible enough to drag. PC-DMIS's text programming mode interface clearly displays detailed data, making it easy to modify. These are my observations after using both software packages. I am not criticizing either one; each has its own strengths and weaknesses. I simply hope they can learn from each other and update these features.

很感谢你的PDF文件.马丁.这个文件里面的方法正是我目前经常用到的.太繁琐.所以才询问大家能不能像PC-DMIS那样利用逼近回退.因为PC-DMIS这个功能太实用了.反而CALYPSO 2023里面并未有这个功能.（子安全平面.在不同元素之间还要重新设置.这样会加大我编程时间.）就像PC-DMIS里面有很多功能更新的很多「列如：1.阵列比CALYPSO好用2.安全平面可以删除3.查找最近CAD元素4.圆路径扫描的起始和结束很好用.CALYPSO总是拖不动不过灵活5.PC-DMIS文本编程模式页面可以很清晰看到详细数据方便更改.」这是我用过款软件总结出来的！我并不是批判任意一个软件.各有各的优点和缺点.只希望可以相互借鉴并更新这些功能！

感谢你的回复!杰夫.是否能做个PPT让我参考下.我希望PC和蔡司俩种软件都精通.这对我未来职业规划很有帮助.

感谢你的帮助！马丁.我一会尝试下是否可行.

Hi Chaowei. I appreciate that you're trying out a new software, which can feel quite foreign and uncomfortable at first. I have many friends who are PC-DMIS programmers, and we have 'lively' discourse on the strengths and weaknesses of both software. Good news: All of the functions you mentioned are available in Calypso. 1. Arrays can be defined as independent elements by using the recall feature points option, or by using code to define a specific instance(s) in an array: circle-pattern(*) becomes circle-pattern(1), etc. 2. Clearance (safety) planes can be constrained or bypassed using the "block edges" menu. It is also possible to navigate by position points only (called 'move points" in PC-DMIS). However, this is rarely an effective choice, because one of the major strengths of Calypso is that it optimizes navigation, which saves loads of time for the programmer. Honestly, the main instance where I see people navigate by position points only is when they are former PC-DMIS programmers and their muscle-memory is screaming at them that they need to plan out navigation manually. 3. Coordinate system functionality is fully available in Calypso. Secondary alignments, best-fitting, and numerous other alignment types exist, and newer versions of Calypso make working in a particular coordinate system simple and intuitive. I encourage you to put time in learning Calypso. It will feel strange at first. You will miss the familiarity and muscle-memory of your previous software. However, I think you will be pleasantly surprised by the powerful, feature-based architecture in Calypso. It is the most capable metrology solution for managing customer geometry and for creating an effective handshake between the CMM and measurement program. Please keep visiting this forum and asking questions. It's extremely valuable for Zeiss to hear the experience of other uses, especially those new to Calypso. Best, Jeff Frodermann

OK then here is something - hope it helps zeiss-knowledge-base-id-1793299.pdf

这个方法在中国行不通.你也知道中国实行网络管制.还是要谢谢你马丁

Hello, When working with a lot of mesh data, I want to divide it into groups so I can quickly hide and show certain parts. How can I do this?

The mesh modeling tools in Solidworks allow surface creation from polygons, but it's laborious and probably not a solution here. In similar situations, I've had to redrawn the entire CAD, but I sometimes import the existing STL into Solidworks as a reference to sketch around.

Besides the more likely causes that were already posted above, one oops that has caused this for me was using an improperly qualified probe (was set to reference sphere 1 when 2 was actually probed), or a different probe was attached then what was defined. Or, a bent probe shaft.

if "Plane3"=true Does not seem to do anything. That is just saying the word Plane3 when in quotes is set to true. But unfortunately I can't think of a way or a syntax to interact with a feature. Not saying there isn't but I would have to dig into see if any syntax does exist.

Thanks Richard. I'll check that.

I had this issue before, I found I was not saving table files, if the xlt can't find the table files you don't get the data filled in. In my case I was missing the Characteristic table file, which means no Actuals, Nominals, Upper Tol or Lower Tol, Deviation (in some cases Exceed).

The times I have seen this, its usually one or the other for nominals values. If using a circle on a plane, check the Strategy for nominal values (My example works in the Z axis). If using a polyline in a plane, you also have to check nominal values. Regardless of the axis or angle of a plane, the polyline nominal for Z should be Zeros. This is why I preach about nominals and vectors being perfect.

I have tried this with Fusion, it did not help.

I don't recall who showed me, may have been Tom.

@Tom Oakes This has always been the holy grail for scanned 3d files but it does not currently exist (to my knowledge). I have tried the same, with no luck.

Hi Tom, I don't know if it's possible to convert polygon-based geometry to unfaceted/smooth surfaces directly. I've never had any luck with STL files other than for 3D printing. It's a pretty old file type. If you figure something out, please post it. Looks like your Patriots are back in the saddle. Should be a fun weekend of football. 🙂

not yet. thank you