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 16 hours ago
Wording update

[[Ma...]]

Seems you can have missing safety plane - which should be covered in newer versions of Calypso ( should not be empty ).

If you need to move probe in one feature ( skipping part of fixture/part ) then go to strategy and place either new safety plane or non-scanning points in space.

[[Ri...]]

I have wondered over the years why Calypso doesn't have detection when the RDS or an XTR articulates near the +X or -X uprights.

When you use Planner (Simulation), you can show the max volume which means each CMM has the ability to adjust to a working volume to calculate an articulation coordinate based on the length of a stylus.

[[ja...]]

all i am trying to do is make the probe raise up in the z rotate then continue to the next feature rather than raise in the z shuttle to the next feature then rotate.

[[Mi...]]

I'll attach some screenshots but first, a few general pieces of advice.

1. Turn on Bubble Help if you haven't already.

That is seriously something you want to do. It's on the top toolbar under "?" → Bubble Help. That will give you a tooltip when you mouse over anything.

2. Use the built-in help system.

If you're ever wondering what something will do, you can hit F1 on any page and it will take you to the internal help database with information about the specific window you're looking at. It is INCREDIBLY helpful, although you might have to click around once in a while to find exactly what you're looking for.

3. Run the machine slowly when making changes.

When you're changing things, run the machine slowly and watch it. If you need it to stop, slow the speedometer down to zero, hit the red traffic light button, then make your changes and try again.

Apologies if you're already familiar with all of that, but I figured it was worth mentioning.

Ok some instructions

Find the feature that measures fine before the crash. With the probe in a safe location right click on the feature and hit measure now. This will move your probe to the correct location and angle. 

After that is done double click on the feature.

Click strategy.

Manually move the probe to a location that would make it safe for the rotation of the next feature.

Hit that highlighted button of the left that has CMM position with the last line in the strategy selected. The order you see there is the order it will run in so if your move is before the strategy, it will move measure and then crash. 

You can also add a clearance move after that if its helpful. Highlighted in blue.

You might have to add a few more move points if it needs to move multiple times. I have a few parts where something is getting checked internally and it needs multiple move points in order to access and then backout. 

The window when you're done will usually look something like this. Anyway, if anyone else wants to chip in feel free to add something. I took all my classes when I was using vast and at the time I figured why would I need to listen or take notes on the indexing stuff.