Announcement: PiWeb User Group 2025

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Hello PiWeb Community, we here at ZEISS want to invite you to join our PiWeb User Group 2025! We'll be hosting a series of free webinars to show tips and tricks for all PiWeb solutions, from Calypso-based PiWeb Reporting to ZEISS Inspect PiWeb Upload to PiWeb Essentials and Enterprise, and more. Whether you are an experienced user or just curious to learn more about PiWeb, there will be a topic for you. You can sign up for the sessions as well as view past webinars at this link:

https://www.zeiss.com/metrology/us/c/piweb-user-resources.html

Here are descriptions of our first four webinars. Hope to see you at the next one!
 

Session 1: The Standard Protocol Report, How to Set Up Characteristic Attributes, and Running a Type-1 GR&R
Thursday, March 13, 1:00 - 2:00 PM CT

We’ll kick the series off by answering three of the most common ZEISS PiWeb questions from our ZEISS community. For our newer ZEISS PiWeb users, we'll start with "Everything You Didn't Know About the Standard Protocol Report." For our advanced users, we'll show how to filter critical characteristics by setting up custom characteristic attributes, for both ZEISS PiWeb Reporting Plus and ZEISS PiWeb Enterprise environments. Last, we'll show you how to set up a Gage R&R Type-1 study in CALYPSO and how to read the Type-1 PiWeb report.

Session 2: Type 2 GR&R, Applying Measurement Selection for practical use, plus utilizing sorting and filters to solve a production issue
Thursday, April 10, 1:00 - 2:00 PM CT

Our journey continues with a look at the Gage R&R tool and a type 2 study. Get a quick overview of measurement selection, one of the most common tools in ZEISS PiWeb Monitor reports. Learn to utilize various options to organize data in different views for a particular use case scenario. We will conclude with the use of sorting and filtering options to answer an end-user question and explain how to approach a production possible issue.

Session 3: Latest enhancements in ZEISS PiWeb 2025
Thursday, May 8, 1:00 - 2:00 PM CT

Dive into the latest enhancements of ZEISS PiWeb! Discover 2025 software updates designed to streamline your quality data.
Get an expert overview of:
• New Web Licensing Interface – Discover how the improved licensing system simplifies management, handling, and deployment of licenses to your user based
• Web Report Management – Learn how to organize, distribute, and manage reports efficiently using the server web-based repository for your templates
• Web Monitor Interface – Explore the enhanced web Monitor interface capabilities for more flexibility and compatibility performing data visualization

Session 4: SPC general concepts, how to configure statistics-related graphics, and deep dive into the statistical templates
Thursday, June 26, 1:00 - 2:00 PM CT

Explore fundamental concepts of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and their integration within ZEISS PiWeb. Examine the configuration of various statistics-related graphics and customization options through different settings. Finally, we will conduct an in-depth analysis of one of ZEISS PiWeb’s statistical templates to enhance your understanding and improve your processes with visual tools.

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Awesome

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I subscribed - but didnt see the direct sign up for these sessions.

 

 Also will there be a link to the 1st ones we missed, thank you !

 

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I think if you follow the link and scroll down, you'll see the recorded sessions

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Hi Chris, on that landing page linked in the OP, scroll down a bit and there is a button to "Register for all sessions". Right below that is the section with the recordings of the past webinars. 

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Melanie — great to see your name here.
I hadn’t realized Zeiss had been putting out this webinar series, but I’ll be circling back to catch the previous sessions and plan to attend future ones live.
For anyone else who missed them — definitely worth checking out.

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Regarding PiWeb:
My disappointment with the software is no secret — I’ve been vocal about it.

In my experience, PiWeb is a product-market mismatch for metrology.

• The interface feels janky, outdated, and unintuitive

• Even basic customizations are brittle and time-consuming

• The design philosophy doesn’t reflect the real-world needs of programmers or inspectors

• It seems built to compete with SPC tools like QC-calc or Minitab, then retrofitted onto metrology as an afterthought

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That said — Zeiss made a smart move assigning one of its brightest minds and most gifted teachers to PiWeb support.
Melanie, I was genuinely humbled when you and your colleagues took the time to visit me onsite and listen directly to my feedback.
That kind of engagement earns real respect.

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As it stands, I don’t believe PiWeb can be salvaged as the primary reporting solution for metrology workflows.

Its origin and architecture are working against that goal.

However — it might find renewed value as a focused SPC tool for Quality Engineers (like Minitab) or a standalone data management solution (like QC-calc).

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But this also opens a door:
Zeiss has a real opportunity to start fresh.
Design something purpose-built for inspection workflows from the ground up:

• Native integration with the CAD window--show the geometry on-screen

• Fast, fluid UI/UX (keep pace with modern software, obsess over refinement of GUI)

• Agile customization

• Digital-first display logic (not paper-first reporting--pixels not page size)

Zeiss needs to realize that how a software accomplishes a function is just as important as what it can accomplish.

Let the software elevate the user — not the other way around.

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And still — staying open to new information is one of my core values.
I’ll be approaching these webinars with curiosity and a fresh lens.

Edited May 3