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We have oil escaping our dryer/filter systems and bleeding into our Contura (size - 12/24/8. serial # 732207560438) and Accura (size - 16/30/10. serial # 201209810136). We want to set up something to capture the oil for both CMM's. what is the best option for this? Is it best to have one system in place for both CMM's?

Sometimes i got into situation, where only my account was loading empty arn file even i got into this settings and set autorun.arn. On your machine - do you switch accounts? It can stay from previous login.

There are definitely alternate path locations or something controlling this outside standard settings. On this particular setup, Calypso is set to start with Autorun. The Autorun path is: C:\Inspections\PCM Porgrams\Autorun.arn When I start Calypso, it somehow defaults to the original path: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Zeiss\Some folder\Some other folder\yet another folder\Autorun.arn When I say defaults, Autorun will not load the Desktop\layers because it is searching in the wrong path and generates an error that it can't find the file in the path: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Zeiss\Some folder\Some other folder\yet another folder\Autorun.arn It is ignoring what is in the Start setup. So, where else can the path be defined for Autorun paths to the arn file?

I always wondered who made those awesome guides!! Thank you so much for sharing these awesome guides @Joseph Giacona

We got accidentally missed one year so we schedule ours a full year in advance now. With a reminder task to check 6 months out. Missing the zeiss calibration was an expensive disaster. We hired a third party vendor to do a "qualification check" and they claimed the machine was OOT by a few microns and caused a massive NCR issue. Zeiss tech came and it was, of course, still in tolerance /eyeroll.

Hi, the alignment is applied to each stage. Maybe an alignment after the prealignment helps to refine it, like Martin proposed? It is possible to prepare an alignment during measurement, which helps for symmetric parts for examle: https://techguide.zeiss.com/en/zeiss-inspect-2026/article/how_to_create_initial_alignment_for_stage_projects.html The original alignment ("as measured") would be defined as initial alignment in that case. It would be possible to use a single element transformation (ZEISS Quality Tech Guide) per stage and use 'original alignment as initial alignment', but this is a manual process. Nanno

Hi Martin Once again, many thanks 🙂 It works now 🙂

I found it in PiWeb editor. Select "Plot" page Select on Structure page a "Curve.FD", unpack it and select line profile At properties unpack "Connecting lines" and there it is to be checked "Connect segments"

Perhaps it can be set as default in PiWeb protocol editor

The plot now displays correctly on screen when 'Connect segments' is enabled. However, when generating a PDF report the tolerance curves disappear again. Does anyone know how to make the 'Connect segments' setting persistent in the report output?

Hi Martin Many thanks. It worked to select the connect segments 🙂

I can not replicate your situation - i'm still getting tolerance lines shown. In form characteristic don't forget to check "Tolerances from feature" and perhaps in PiWeb graph click right mouse button and select "Join segments" that can do the trick. In my example i had tolerance in range and not for every point - so that can be the cause

Hello, I am new to the ZEISS Quality Forum, so I hope someone can help me with this issue. I have a Curve Form characteristic using Segment Tolerances. In old CALYPSO versions the Curve Form report displayed: - Nominal curve - Upper tolerance curve - Lower tolerance curve - Deviation curve. After upgrading to CALYPSO 7.8.00 the report only shows the colored point representation (In Tolerance / Out of Tolerance). The legend still contains “Nominal Value” and “Tolerances”, but the actual tolerance curves are not plotted. Has this functionality been removed, is there a setting to enable the old plot style, or could this be a bug? Attached are screenshots from both versions. Thanks, Michael Old version: Version 7.8.00:

I would start from bottom of that bigger cylinder. make alignment from right cylinder, rotation stopped by 4° plane ( origin from cylinder ) make intersection of theo plane to obtain bottom line make theo line or plane at distance 3,8 from line in step 2 make intersection of step 3 and 4° plane Different approach can lead to some differences in result of distance 9,6. Problematic is direction of this dimension. 4°. For every 0,01mm difference in [3,8] will lead into 0,143mm for 9,6 dimension.

Moin Christian, so einfach ist es leider nicht. Auf der Zeichnung ist es etwas schwer zu erkennen, aber es ist kein Kegel, sondern eine einseitige schräge Fläche. Ich muss eigentlich herausfinden, an welcher Stelle das Teil genau 3,8 mm breit ist. Aus dieser Stelle soll dann das Längenmaß 9,6 ± 0,3 mm resultieren.

I get my calibration done every August. To schedule an appointment for August, I get a quote in May/June, have it approved by management, and then receive prior confirmation from Zeiss for my desired dates. Starting the process three months in advance is sufficient for us.

Every year, we get a quote in advance for our 9 CMMs and schedule the appointments right away. Since we also manufacture medical devices, we’ve set the due date to 30 days early to comply with FDA requirements.

Hi Tommy, I think the inlet pressure is higher—around 6—but what does it say on your label or in the manual?

I've been told the same thing, not from a technician but someone in sales, I think. He actually gave me a number and I was shocked at how low it was. That was around 5 years ago so I hope things have improved.

Hello, Are you able to change the retract settings on the calibration cycle for individual styli or the whole stylus system for that matter? Or does Calypso do this all in the background for you? I am trying to design a stylus system that has a 5 sided probe holder with the shortest probes possible while maintaining 180° coverage of the sphere. The only issue I foresee is the not having the ability to change the retract distance or determine how Calypso calculates the retract value. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

No, it's also available in English, it's only the mini-site that expects you to be German. It's not on the app store though, just Google Play.

Cookbook App only available in Germany?

How specific is that prealignment mismatch? I had no luck to fix prealignment on almost symmetric or rotary model. Would simple bestfit help? Like: do prealignment bestfit of selected part of a mesh based on prealignment next alignments based on bestfit.

@Devon I've studied services and those are mainly for sharing functions across many add-ons. But it's like for calculations - not for dialogs. If anyone needs a function, which should return calculated result defined by parameters, then this can be used. But i don't think you can hide code or use compiled python code. At least i didn't try "pyc" file

I went to use our Contura this afternoon, and it kept cutting the drives off with the 617 Safety Module error. From what I have read online it may have something to do with the air pressure on the back of the CMM. I adjusted it a year or so ago and adjusted it to be above 5.10 today and it is still kicking the drives off. What is the highest I can set this number or is it another issue all together? Any assistance would be appreciated.