The current stylus system cannot be qualified with the reference sphere in this position

[[Aa...]]

I'm attempting to run a dynamic tensor re-qualification on a stylus pointing toward the front of the machine using a virtual reference sphere with a diameter of 8mm and a shaft radius of 1.75mm. It's in the orientation Calypso calls "2": inclination angle of 135° (45° above horizontal) and rotation angle of 135° (45° clockwise from the +y direction). For some reason, whenever I try to run the dynamic tensor re-qual it takes the first handful of points to locate the RS and then gives the error message "The current stylus cannot be qualified with the reference sphere in this position. Please rotate the reference sphere so that the entire equator can be probed without a collision." Does this message make sense or sound familiar to anyone?

I thought the whole point of having these 45° rotation angles that are pre-defined in Calypso was that they each allow probes in 2 of the 4 cardinal directions to scan their equators. And the current orientation of my RS should allow for a front stylus.

Please help! I'm on a tight schedule for this project and IMT support is closed for Juneteenth.

Edit: I mislabeled the rotation angle: it's actually 225°, but the way Calypso defines its rotation angles, that's still 45° counter-clockwise from the +X direction.

[[DW...]]

If I am understanding this correctly, I think your rotation angle is incorrect for what you are trying to do. When I put those values into the reference sphere management window, it appears the rotation at 135° would interfere with the qualification. Try 315° or 225°. See pics for 315° rotation.

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[[Aa...]]

Thanks!

The problem was that when I was entering the angles for the reference sphere, I wasn't hitting "Apply" before closing the reference sphere management window, so the changes I made weren't being saved.