probe rotation location change

[[ja...]]

can anyone tell me how to make my probe come out of a feature raise up then rotate then shuttle to the next feature rather than shuttling and trying to rotate next to the mast and knocking my probe off?

[[Mi...]]

Hi James,

I'm not completely sure if I understand what particular part of the process is causing the crash but if you need the probe to move before it rotates to the for the next feature you can use CMM position points in the strategy of the last feature before the crash to move it to a safe position. Those you can key in manually or simply move your probe (rotated to the correct angle) to the location and hit the button. Under strategy it should be the first button on the left.

Otherwise, if the travel is an issue you can block an edge of the clearance cube to prevent it from traveling along that edge. Youll find that option under plan -> Navigation -> Block edges. 

Under strategy you can also use clearance moves after the measuring strategy to get the probe out and away. Ex if it's backing out to an X- clearance plane and that's too low or too close to the X- side of the machine. You can say X- clearance, Z+ Clearance, X+ clearance. 

I'm fairly new to XXT and needing to do that so there are probably other cleaner options available as well. Perhaps one of the other users will have a better suggestion. 

Edited 2 hours ago
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