We need to have a log of any errors that Occur on the machine. I'm sure we have all had the problem of something happening on the CMM'S and no one knows anything about it. If we had a unalterable record this would help us diagnose the issue and get things going  a lot more quickly.

On the Zeiss machines its a pop up window that's always there keeping track of what's going on. I would like the option to have something similar.

Be able to have more than one routine open beside each other. I know you can open different windows, but you can't have them beside each other. I would like to be able to have two different routines open beside each other with the same software version. So, if I want to copy some features from one routine, I can easily implement them into the other one without changing my entire screen. 

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After tip calibration, user has to go "Results" to see calibration result. If not, user has no idea about it or user can forget to check result. To prevent this, we can use a check box such as "show calibration result after calibration is done" in Setup or somewhere else. With this box checked, user can be able to see Results immediately. This prevents that if results are bad, it cannot be overlooked. 

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As you know, Lower Matrix Calibration is essential to use analog probes correctly. However, I see that so many customer does not realize the importance of it and they neglect doing it. This causes problems in measurements. We have so many mails coming to hotline about inconsistancy between probes, tips, etc and most them are related to lack of Lower Matrix. 

In my opinion, we need to have option to remind Lower Matrix such as in Probe Utilies, Setup like reminder for Probe calibration hours and days. 

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The SetPrintOptions function in the PCDLRN.dll ObjectLibrary allows you to control the print settings for pdf reports but there is no option for excel(csv) files.  I would like to be able to control the Excel output settings.  I know that print commands are possible and I can control print settings from there but that doesn't solve my problem.

I would like to see about having a line of code added to the auto calibrate lines of code that determines which qualification sphere i am using for the calibration. My facility uses 2 spheres at varying angles to calibrate but most of them get done  with a qualification vector of 0,0,1. We have 2 spheres hat we use in case one is sent out for calibration etc. So my idea is to add a line of code into autocalibration that allows for you to select the current probe being used for all probes and angles in the routine based off a trace field that was preselected at the begging of the program. So if i start autocalibration it doesn't just stop because qual tool1 was loaded for the first probe but its still looking for qual 2 for the second third fourth or even fifth probe.

The "Text and CAD" Report template should label every feature in a set, not just the first. Example: pattern of 5 holes all positioned .010 ABC; the report image only points to the first feature, the other four are not labeled. 

When CAD data is imported into PC-DMIS, the probe configuration is initially aligned to the CAD coordinate system. When the relationship between the part setup on the CMM table is not the same as the CAD coordinate system, the F5 function under the PART/MACHINE tab lets you change the relationship. This is simple when the relationship between the two coordinate systems is orthogonal in each axis. However, when there is an angular difference in each axis, it is somewhat more difficult. The angular relationship (Euler angles) must be determined for each axis rotation and input by clicking “adjust” in the PART/MACHINE tab.

When the fixture design and CMM programming is outsourced to third parties, this angular relationship cannot always be determined. A solution embedded into the software would be a

One suggestion is to allow multiple coordinate systems to be imported in PC-DMIS and allow alignments to be constructed from an imported coordinate system. That way, the fixture coordinate system can be used as the main coordinate system to align the probe and the results can be reported to the alignment constructed from the imported coordinate system.