New to the world of CMM...
Hello, I've been a Quality Manager (more/less the entire quality department) at a small machine shop for almost 5 months now. Been learning the ins and outs of their whole operation, learning about dimensioning and tolerancing, and the various products.
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machine was crashed last night and now cant figure out how to home it after powering up again
Syncing Off-Line & On-Line Probe & Tip Assemblies/Files
As the Title suggest, is there a Best Practice for working with the same Probe & Tip Assemblies on both the Off-Line & On-Line Installs?
Surface of a profile Issue
Hello, I have trouble measuring surface of a profile. Per drawing, there are 3 datums, which were measured and requires surface of a profile. However, it is not letting me select any items in the reporting feature. Please advise.
Construct Circle Tangent to 3 lines
What's the best way to construct a circle tangent to 3 lines?
Part deflection
I have a part that is thin (1mm) I create planes for each side, one datum & the opposite side to record the thickness. I keep getting small thickness readings even though with micrometers the parts are spot on. I put an indicator against the back surface
Circular Path
Is the below Tangent Paths the best movement strategy around a Boss? Isn't there an option available for a pure Circular Move? Use Tangent Paths Use of tangent (round-like) moves for circular features.
Threaded Holes
For some reason, this thought just crossed my mind as an issue. At some point at the beginning of receiving our CMM and using CMM manager, we were taught basics of the software. We slowly learned more over time for what we needed. The way were instructed
Differences between Bi-Lateral and True Position
I am asking this question because I know I will be asked this question. Between the True Position and Bilateral True Position windows there are some differences. 2 major differences are the lack of "Create New Reference Frame" option and the lack of Coordinate
CMM-Manager crashes when loading Program created with different Language
Hey guys, as I'm revising the German translation I have to switch language while programming.. And I had the case where I could not load a program created on one language. The CMM-Manager Application crashes when loading the Program. If I switch the language
Offline programming 2023 version
I'm trying to write a program offline in CMM Mgr 2023. Typically, with 2021 version, every program begins with "Program Summary", at the top, then I would select my probe and it would be entered below. That's not happening with the new version. What am
Applying MMC to a datum feature.
I am trying to report true position of a circle using another circle as the datum. I can apply MMC to the reported feature, but not to the datum circle? Am I missing something or is this not possible?
Can I change the feature type when I imported a cloud of points?
Hi all, I recently found an inconvenient when I was trying to measure an imported cloud of points (no CAD model, just the points) as one of those points isn't actually a point, is a pin (I would like to measure it as a cylinder). Is there any way to "intervene"
Simulation Speed
I find myself frequently jumping back and forth to the Preferences>Simulate & Verify Tab to adjust the Simulate Speed settings, since sometimes it's too slow and at other times too fast and I can't quite visualize the Programmed Path. Simulate Speed During
Convert .prg to .cmp
Long story short, I was working too fast and modifying a file to work with a similar cad model, and I somehow overwrote my original .cmp file, but somehow have a .prg version of it. Is there a way to convert it back to a .cmp so I don't have to start
Construct Plane from 2 Circles, Points, or Planes
1a) When constructing a plane is it safe to assume the plane constructed from 2 points or 2 circles is normal to the line drawn between those 2 points or circles? 1b) Is the plane center directly between these features? 2a) When constructing a plane between
Best practice for reporting diameters
I hope I can explain this adequately. To the best of my knowledge, according to ASME standards, when measuring a diameter, every point on that diameter needs to fall within the drawings stated tolerance. If you have a diameter that is out of round, some
Common Zone Line Profile Tolerance
Hey guys, I scanned 3 Profiles (2D).. Can you help me evaluate them according to the drawing? Thank you!
Get Tip defaults to the wrong tip that was programed
Hello all, I'm new to CMM programming and the QX software. When I create a program using my Tip Manager, all calibrated, and use a standard probe assembly and get tip for a 3mm tip it will default to a 1mm tip when I try to run the program. I have manually
CMM VALIDATOR CALIBRATION SOFTWARE & BARS
Hey guys, I am a new member of this community. I am using an old fashioned BROWN and SHARPE Validator 200 and I think its time to get it calibrated. Does any of you know where I could find its calibration software? I think its called "VCAL" , but I am
Cloud to Cad bestfit
I'm having some unexpected results and hoping someone can clarify if I'm setting my cloud-to-cad bestfit correctly. I am aligned to ABC, plane on A, align to C thru hole, origin on B. My lower profile tolerance (balloon 3) is to AB only, so I am using
CAD Import settings
How do I access them?
Axis Inner Limit Switch
Hello, we are having an issue with the Z Limit Switch on our CMM machine. We crashed the stylus into the part and it knocked the stylus off. It was not a hard crash, the stylus was inside of a bore about an 1/8" from the surface and the probe went the
Star probe recommendations
I've been thinking about setting up a star probe for some time, but I now have some parts coming that I think a star probe would be very helpful. I was just wondering, since I've never used one before, if any of you have any suggestions, things you wish
Properly applying projected tolerance
I accidentally submitted this as a "Ticket" yesterday, but thought it might be good community knowledge. Original question: I found the article https://support.qxcmm.com/portal/en/kb/articles/gd-t-projected-tolerance-zone , however, I would still like
Single Reports - Multiple Parts in Loop
I have created a loop (not batch run) that is running 10 individual parts. The results are calculated inside the loop. My results are created in one report. Is there a way to create multiple reports, individual for each part?
Save acts like Save-As in 2022
Ever since we upgraded to version 2022 last year, clicking save on the program almost always behaves like a save-as where it prompts me to input the file name I want to save it as, and then warns that I'm about to overwrite an existing file when I don't
Probe calibration question
My tip calibration Deviation is high, around .0015", is this normal or should this be lower. Also, I have checked the diameter of several ring gages and they are always off around .0006". Any feedback or recommendations is appreciated. Thanks
Keep Layout when switching Language
Hi, seems Layout is tied to the Language.. Would it make sense to decouple Layout and Language? Thanks for considering!
Will 2023 version include ISO tolerance table?
Hi guys, will the upcoming version include ISO tolerancing to choose e.g. dia 6 h7 in the report? customers ask for this for a pretty long time.
Concentricity
OD Circle 1 BC Circle 11 When comparing the 2 features and even changing the origins why do the XA and YA values stay the same? For instance I want to know which way to move my BC diameter so it's concentric to my OD. With OD Circle 1 set as the origin
how to move an end point
how do I move a start and end point? if i dont like where it is because its to close to my part.
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Graphical Report without CAD
Is there a way to generate a graphical report for a simple line without CAD? I want it to look something like this, only a straight line. The problem I have is that this seems to be ONLY generated by clicking on the "Report Cloud to Curve" button, which
4-Way Stylus Centre Probe Building
Attempting to build a probe utilizing a 4-way stylus centre (3 30 mm long styli at 120 degrees apart along x & y, z- will not get a stylus). Can I treat this as a disk probe when building, or is there a proper procedure for this style of centre? Any advice
Put user name into report header info
I want to put our CMM# info on the user name box. So that way we have an additional traceability on which CMM we inspected our random parts. We currently have 3 CMMs (CMM1, CMM2, CMM3) I checked at the global report settings at preferences and theres
RTP20 pole issues
I run a program with the RTP20 probe at a 90 degree angle. In the program it changes to another angle using the "Get tip" feature. I ran the program 4 times without a problem, when I tried a 5th time the probe release arm misses the pole completely, subsequently
CMM MANAGER MEASUREMENT QUESTION
As you can see in the video, the plane measured as expected in "simulate" mode, yet it measured inside the math model when physically measuring the part. Thank you.
CMM Manager with Manual Machine
We recently just got a retro-fitted TESA micro-hite 3D. Does anyone have any experience with this modification and can point us in the right direction on how to use it? Or have any helpful pointers? Thanks
POSITION BASICS AUTO POPULATE
When entering true position basics in the main windows, what if it were to auto update the basics located in the feature report tab after you enter your actual basics after you hit apply? Thoughts????
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