Change probes. Clear Z direction.

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I want to keep multiple fixtures on the CMM surface plate. When changing probes in program, cmm will clear the safety cube and go to change probe. It will crash into a fixture if the cmm didn't clear the Z direction high enough.

Is there a global setting to have the cmm move the Z direction to the very top before going to change the probes?

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Go into your CNC stylus change window. Select the first holder and select Changer at the top and then select Approach Parameters. Edit the value in the column labeled Top, edit the values Before and After Change to 999. This represents 999mm above the rack position. If your machine only has 500 of travel, it will go to the machine's Z origin. You can obviously use a lesser value, too.

Repeat this for every tool holder position.

If you add a new holder, the default value of 0.000 will return.

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