Favorite applications for Calypso PCM?

[[Je...]]

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We just started a 60-day trial of the PCM addon for Calypso. We have a part family project that will possibly lead us to purchase it.

For those of you fortunate enough to have PCM, what are some of your favorite uses for this addon?

[[Mi...]]

Control.

CMMs are treated like gauges here, very little training before somebody is allowed to use them.

So:
I make every program retreat to a safe parking position with an external .txt file, one file instantly control all programs on a CMM

then, I don't let the CMMs start unless they are in that specific parking position

I control all the header data with PCM for use with QC-CALC, and somebody hopefully PiWeb but not holding my breath, again one .txt file per program - very fast and easy to edit.

or, just today I used this code:

if (getStartSetting("featureListName") == "Current Selection") and (getRecordHead("operid") == "User") then
	message(cr()+cr()+cr()+"Current Selection is not allowed on this program, to do a recheck please follow the instructions and run the whole part (or mini-plan) again, with the name REDO in the title"+cr()+cr()+"																			Eg. 22146511042 REDO"+cr()+cr()+cr())
	cncBreak()
endif

To prevent Current Selection being ran on a specific CMM as people don't listen, so we force it. In this situation the program has a bore pattern with very tight size, position and perpendicularity tolerances we need to run capability on. If Hole 1 is undersize (Due to the part not being properly cleaned) they kept manually rechecking only the size, instead of also including position and perpendicularity because they were both in tolerance.. but they won't be correct since the hole was dirty..

Any situation where somebody else is running the CMM you can add controls to make sure they are doing what you need them to do.