[Ri...] Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Hi, I'm extremely under-educated regarding PCM, so I was wondering if someone had the time to help me with a problem I had. I was having to manually program a part that had a bunch of holes and ODs, and really all I was trying to get with ID and ODs. The problem I ran into is that I had no CAD, and the print did not give enough information to help me out, so when I would measure the next part it would be so much different that I would end up having to have it measure twice. I got to thinking, is there a way to setup a point to where I drive it manually to the rough center of a hole, and the machine grab the position of the probe, so I can use that to pull into the X,Y nominal location for the holes that I was measuring? It would at least make the process run through somewhat faster. I really don't want to manually measure every hole as a rough alignment, and I'm thinking that a point roughly in the center would give me a much better starting point. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Kr...] Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Hi Richard, probeX = getProbe().probeVector.x probeY = getProbe().probeVector.y probeZ = getProbe().probeVector.z greets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Er...] Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Jens, that's the probes qualified position against the master probe. If he uses that he is going to crash.... Why don't you just look at the coordinates of the traffic light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ri...] Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 I was looking for more of an automated way. I don't think that's possible in Calypso. I m ow in some other softwares you have the ability to drive the machine a rough location, hit record, and it will take off measuring from there. I didn't know if this was possible some how with PCM, or if it's just a limitation of Calypso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Er...] Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Well there is a circle macro available. Just place the probe in the center of a hole and it will seek out the surface an take four points. Don't think it will work on OD's tough? My guess is that it can be started from the jogbox, or set it up as a power feature or so. But I'm not sure how to do it. I'm one of those who actively tries to stay away from manual labour 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ri...] Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Yeah. I was hoping to maybe driving it to a position and hit a button to record the location. The parts I was working were definitely a challenge to make a program that worked for multiple parts. I essentially had to manually measure everything. It was not fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[He...] Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Please sign in to view this quote. This might be a bit late and I don't know if it works but try to create a circle and directly after the clearance data do a programmable stop that tells you to position the probe in the center of the hole. Then you create 4 step points with probing, or whatever they are called. it is the fourth button in the lower segment in circle. You might need some step points without probing also to align between the points. you also might need to play around some with search distances to avoid collisions if you are inaccurate in the center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Kr...] Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Please sign in to view this quote. You´re right. I´m very sorry. Try displayPositionCMM() like this: eee = displayPositionCMM() eee.x eee.y eee.z The name sounds like it´s the Position in CMM-KooSys, but I tried at Accura 2 with RDS and Calypso 6.6, it was the Position in BS. greets Jens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Fa...] Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Please sign in to view this quote. Place ur Probe in a hole and press F11, that start the circle macro 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Er...] Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Yeah I figured it was most likely possible. What would we do with out the working man heros? 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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