Star Probe Problems
I apologize for asking what is probably a simple issue. I was assigned the task of building a Star Probe on the CMM, which I am not trained on in any way. I thought I had figured out but I'm stuck. I am not getting correct measurements. I am using two
CAD alignment of a shaft
I'm having a problem trying to align shaft reference CAD frame shaft to my part reference frame. my last attempt was a circle on each end and construct a line, align to that line, measure one flat level to that plane, measure a point on one end set my
How to Align a Cylinder "Bullet Casing"
First off I'm fairly new to all this, I'm looking for some direction on how to align a 3D model of a bullet casing. I have tried 3-2-1 alignment along with manual alignments "Plane, Level, Set origin etc." with no success. What do I need to do to align
Programming From CAD Without Physical Part
I think I’m missing a step when programming from CAD before the physical part is available. I don’t have this problem when I do the manual alignment as I go - I.e. before programming the DCC alignment and other features. I import the CAD, move the CAD
Move part, still having issues
Hi All, Can anyone send me a sample of how to move part, I understand all the steps that need to happen. I'm having issues with the second alignment. For example, I align everything for the first op, check all dimensions, top and sides. I want to check
Nominals not reporting correctly
So, I just experienced an issue that I have never seen before. The nominals in my cloud hits all show a Z 0 which they should, but when it gets to the reporting side, they change to another value. What could have caused this to happen? I am using report
How should I measure distance on a curved surface? (NEW more accurate question)
Hi, I need to measure the distance from A to B, in a surface that seems to be parabolic-ish and, honestly, I am stuck as I don't know exactly how should I approach to this situation...I don't even know how should I properly align the part. My points are
Radius in Z
Newish to CMM programming, we have ph20 head and CMM manager 2022 software. So there will be times where I have a radius that needs to be checked. For some reason I struggle to find good ways of checking the part. Like if the radius goes around a lathe
DDE Customer Data
I'm having trouble with the formatting of my DDE Customer Data, and how it's incrementing, not sure what I'm doing wrong. I have a work order/lot number and serial number in my report header that I'm trying to DDE export to a spreadsheet. The work order
CMM Inspection Report Output - Out Of Tolerance Error
Can anyone help explain how the report is showing an out-of-tolerance result for an actual result that is within tolerance? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Error
I am having issues with my Nikon Altera machine. In the past I have had issues with this first message "connection reset by peers" which was fixed by adjusting some ethernet and USB settings on the computer. Now it is happening again and giving a me an
Recent CAD Files menu issue
I've been having some odd behavior with "Recent CAD Files" dropdown. I can still import fine, it's just the Recents I'm seeing this with.
VB Script Reading Text File with UTF-8 BOM Encoding
It was brought to our attention that reading the contents of a text file via VB Script (as described here - VB Script - Read and Write Text file using an Array (qxcmm.com)) will be problematic if the text file encoding is UTF-8 BOM. This BOM encoding
how do you change search distance?
i feel like i've changed this setting before. but i'm trying it now, and everything is grayed out. what am i doing wrong?
Flip Part Over
I have a 2 sided part. All my datums are on side A. I align my part normally using the datum structure. I want to flip my part over on the CMM table mid program, then remeasure some repeatable features just like Leap Frog works, except I want the CMM
VECTOR DIFFERNCE
so when im measuring as points and im showing the xyz and the t value im getting hung up on the fact that my t value is well within my tol of +/-.05mm but the axis location of the point shows off in the less than primary axis of the point. so if im taking
CAD alignment offline
typically when i perform a CAD alignment offline I would get 0 deviation since I'm not connected to the machine. however i have started a position at another company that has an older version of CMM manager from 2015 and i get large deviations even in
Manual Retract Distance
Please help, I'm having to measure parts manually and for the love of God I can't find where to change the manual retract distance. When I probe holes the probe crashes because the retract distance is too much. I'm new to
cant change probe files or angles
hello all. I'm new to CMM manager and have been trying to edit a probe file to have A90 B0 but for the life of me it wont change. Even if I make a separate probe build it wont calibrate the new angle. I think it may be because I'm not connected to the