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There is even a function in Inspect, so you don't need to edit the creation parameters individually: https://techguide.zeiss.com/en/zeiss-inspect-2026/article/cmd_cad_adapt_elements_to_cad.html

Hello Daniel, Which Software are you using? In Inspect you can select "Edit Creation Parameters" and change the selections for building the base elements to adapt to the changed locations and it will work due to the parametric approach. Depending on your elements this is just "re-click on the CAD".

Hi All, Is there an easy way to write a new program that is very similar to an existing one, but the Cad model has some extra features and some of the existing features are in different place or different diameter ? Obviously I know the 'normal' method which would be creating a new feature and re-name as the old one so the characteristics will remain the same. In PC-DMIS for example I can just open a feature and re-click on the CAD model and it will automatically apply the new coordinates and diameter etc. I know that there is a CAD comparison which never worked either. Any suggestions please ?

@Michael Krauskopf I apologize for the late response, but thank you so much! I hate that once again something like this isn't documented in the Calypso PCM Operating Instructions.

Moin, ich habe ein ähnliche Problem habe auch zwei unterschiedlich Protokolle aber nur eins davon wird gespeichert und hat aber auch die (1) in Namen stehen. Denke ist automatisch.

Nice work @Hector Soto. Sounds like it was frustrating for a moment, but you chose a good path forward. Solidworks can save an Assembly file as a Single CAD entity by clicking save-as and then choosing a file format such as .sat or .step. A dialog may pop up asking you if you want to save all bodies or just the visible ones, and make sure that what you see on screen is only what you want included in the exported file. If Solidworks has defined that a model has more than one "body," it can be exported as a multi-body assembly, even when stored in .stp or .sat. CAD formats such as those allow identification in their code of multiple bodies (they don't have to come from a Solidworks assembly file). You can split a singular body in a CAD program such as Solidworks using a dedicated "split" function, but there are other workarounds, such as using the Extrude-Cut function from a sketch and setting the depth of the Extrude-Cut to an insignificant amount such as .00005". It will effectively slice a single body into two. For your example, if you used the clone function in Solidworks from a single instance of your model and then offset the clone to where it is no longer touching the first instance, the result would likely be a single-body CAD file. Many of us programmers use Solidworks and Calypso daily in the same workflow. Very useful.

From our experience in the last 2 years, free licenses expire after 1 year and have to be renewed, but can be only for the most recent release. So if you have 2025 installed it expires this year and you have to request a new trial license (which can be transformed into a free license later) which is only valid for release version 2026.

I have been experiencing issues with exporting CAD models from my Zeiss Inspect Projects. Every time I try to export CAD files this error message comes up: If it helps, I'm importing and working with CATPart files. Is there a way to export CAD models so I can use them on different softwares?

Hey everyone, We have programs that do not use automatic path generation. Each time I start the program, about 5 to 10 seconds later I get this warning. Is there a way to disable it? Thanks in advance The Text in Picture says : Collision risk Elements for alignment must be measured, but automatic path generation is not activated.

Kann es sein, daß irgendwo in den Koordinaten Formeln hinterlegt sind, die sich auf "umkippende" Messergebnisse beziehen? Wir hatten mal den Fall, daß ein Kollege ein "sensibles" Teil mit einem halbierten Zylinder statt mit einer Achse aus zwei Kreisen ausgerichtet hat. Das funktionierte jahrelang völlig problemlos, bis sich eines Tages das Teil minimal so verändert hatte, daß die berechnete Zylinderachse um 180 Grad umgekippt ist. Dadurch zeigte eine Achse in die falsche Richtung und die Maschine fuhr plötzlich ins Blaue.

Are the CMM positions in a different feature than the point to be touched? Otherwise I can't understand why it should bypass postion points.

Hey everyone, I’m trying to create a standard protocol and a statistics protocol for every program so I don’t have to do everything manually in PiWeb. I tried doing it in Calypso and it worked, but there are two problems. First, it adds Protocol 1 (standard) and Protocol (statistic) 2 to every measurement. Second, both protocols have to be saved in the same directory. I want to keep the standard protocol like before, in a separate location, and avoid having to remove the “1” from the protocol name every time. For the statistics protocol, I want it saved in a different location as a single file. It should combine all measurements instead of creating a new protocol for each one. Does anyone know a way to do this? I attached some pictures to clarify the problem. Thanks in advance.

We are currently experiencing the same issue with drives shutting off in Z movement. It looks like are air regulator is already set to 5. Any other information would be helpful.

Please share the technical drawing if you can. The base alignment +x seems incorrect. Therefore, the point is positioned in the +X direction.

Hallo, Ich habe an einer Contura nun bei einigen bestehenden Programmen folgendes Problem. Nachdem ein Abschnitt des Messprogrammes fertig ist und das System gewechselt werden soll, z.b. von einem Rubin Kugelkopf Taster zu dem DoT-Scanner, will verfährt die Messmaschine in die entgegengesetzte Richtung zum Taster Reck. ( er müsste nach nach Y in Richtung Maschineller Nullpunkt und fährt Tischmitte in X und Y bis die Träger fast vom Tisch fallen) Es sind keine alternativen Fahrwege eingestellt und in den Programmen selbst hat der gleiche Wechsel bereits mehrere Male stattgefunden. Auch gibt es die Programme bereits seit Jahren.

Hallo Zusammen, Ich muss an einem Bauteil eine Segmentierte Linienform messen. Wenn ich es richtig verstanden habe, muss ich das Linienprofil in 10mm große Bereiche stückeln und jeden Bereich für sich einpassen. Wie setze ich das in Calypso um? Ich kann das unter Linienprofil auswählen, die Einpassung wird dann aber nur auf das ganze Profil angewendet, nicht auf das gestückelte Segment. Gruß, Matthias

good morning Try clicking the button than i marked with a yellow circle

Can you help me with seting up reports ? Where should i focus on ? I have to run old program for measuring blades, program is working but i do not know how to make setings right to have reports saved on disks. We have some programs working, but i'm doing some mistakes while trying to set it up like in thoose working ones. I need genereal pdf report and pdf plots. Plots are made based on some .ptx files, but the .pdf i'm not sure is it from Blade or Calypso generated Generally i tried to set up all poseable options in multiple printout to be like in working porgrams 1 - Use the same profile in every program so i think its not important 2 - Its called "presentation protocol (pdf with plots) 3 - After clicking on 3 i i see there are some patches using Header data with no option to change exact parameters. Do not know how to check exact what is used, but it seems to be used same Header parameters like orther programs so it should be ok 4 - Selected or not, it just let me put in header parameters on start 5 - Here i have some profiles but after recalculating from old measurements it does not give any changes. 6 - Those are programs from abroad, so characteristics names should be changed to have the same names like in other programs. (may the names cause problems ? ) 7 - There is also Blade icon in Characteristics so i jusst choose one of Blade specyfication files.

I'm not really familiar with Solidworks and so I couldn't figure out how to get Solidworks to create an assembly as a single cad entity (if that makes sense). I'd save the assembly as a part as either a .sat or .step file and calypso would see 2 cad models in the hierarchy. I just went ahead and created a second program and made sure to mention everywhere I could that the program is either a 1 of 2 or 2 of 2 program for the part. Thanks again for the help.

I appreciate your willingness to help Roman Grob, I finally got back on one of the gears today and without changing anything, the K-charts worked on both the profile and lead. The computer I'm working on is overloaded with cad, laser, ERP and a lot of other software running at the same time and that probably contributes to the problem.

This looks like ordinary point - better to use surface point - by clicking on a model you will get a point with correct vector. For correct evaluation i almost always use plane point. You can either make new correct point, or edit nominal vectors.

This can be done with "Slotted Hole" - either nominal or fitted element. To obtain this 12 H8 just call width. I think it's only as section. If you want to cover whole planes, then make two planes, then symmetry from them and then use GD&T on that symmetry to obtain width.

Hey DWC, here is the base alignment. It's not highlighting but the plane is the flat portion on both of the legs

@Harold Allen Can you screenshot your base alignment?

ahh good old Sheffield! It should be possible in a few ways. You might be able to use a loop with a break condition. I don't think this requires the PCM license. I am sure you can do this with PCM in a similar way. Using PCM loops with an operator prompt to adjust or add shims. With the proper if/then statements, the program could end when the desired result is achieved. Essentially working the same as the characteristic loop. This method might give you more control over when and where to perform this check. Hopefully, this helps steer you in the right direction.