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XACT PROFILE

christopher d'andrea 7 years ago in Metrology Software / PC-DMIS updated by neil kay 5 years ago 0

With legacy dimensioning, in the profile dimension box you could highlight all the features you wanted and when you hit create it would create an individual dimension for each feature. With XACT dimensioning it produces a feature set and one dimension shows on the report. Can you make it to where you could have the option of grouping the features into a feature set or have the option to mass create individual dimensions for each feature instead of having to choose each feature one at a time and hitting create?

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Animated probe changer

damonh 7 years ago in Metrology Software / PC-DMIS updated by neil kay 5 years ago 0

since the animated machines are included with the pcdmis software, shouldnt the animated probe changer be included as well? Apparently this is a paid addon currently, but would be handy for offline path movement and collision detection.

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SQ Inspect 3.1 - Clear password field when user name field is cleared or typed over

Guillermo 7 years ago in Metrology Software / Inspect updated by neil kay 5 years ago 4

Using SmartQuality Inspect 3.1 (install set from PCDMIS 2018 R1)

The password field is not getting cleared if a user clears the user name to enter a new one or types over it.  I happen to have two SmartQuality users with the same password. 

I can logout from one and actually type the other username and the password
field is still there uncleared from last user login.  Press sign in and I am logged in. 

We must clear the password field if anything is done to the user name one.

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LRA Errors must be displayed in Red

Holger 7 years ago in Metrology Software / TubeShaper updated by neil kay 5 years ago 1

Measured value exceeding the specified tolerance will 

only be displayed in XYZ and T1 MP T2 "red" displayed.

Finding errors in LRA is very tedious and error prone, 

especially if the pipe has many straights.


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2 or more pipes in TS within a project

Holger 7 years ago in Metrology Software / TubeShaper updated by neil kay 5 years ago 1

It should be possible to enter and manage 2 or more pipes in TS within a project.             

This is important for tubes with ring pieces or assemblies.             

Since the function of TubeShaper goes beyond the pure curved tube,            

it is not clear to the customer why this is not possible. 

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Measure the Bendradius with Standard Probes instead of the V-Probe

Holger 7 years ago in Metrology Software / TubeShaper updated by neil kay 5 years ago 1
Answer
Glenn Russell 7 years ago

This has already been completed for our next version:  TUBE-5791: "Measure Bend Radius using Hard Probe".  Best regards, -Glenn


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Create elements with different angular segments !!

Ferran B. 7 years ago in Metrology Software / PC-DMIS updated by neil kay 5 years ago 1

Tienen la capacidad de construir elementos (círculos, conos, esferas, cilindros, etc.) con diferentes segmentos angulares (0º a 45º, 90º a 135º, etc.) dentro del mismo elemento.

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Adding a special feature to measure Jig axis from square section (3 or 4 planes)

Nicolas Pétré 7 years ago in Metrology Software / TubeShaper updated by neil kay 5 years ago 0

When customers want to reverse a Tube Jig, they may face Jigs with cylindrical gates (no problem here, a simple measurement of a cilynder), but also Square gates.

For square gaes, the process is much eavier cause it requires to measure 4 (or 3) planes, construct 2 medium planes, and then make the intersection of both medium planes. In case of more than 6 axes, it becomes very heavy, boring and results in a very long program.

In GPad, we implemented a macro for such case :

- The user selects "Jig line from square gate"

- then the SW automatically asks the user ot measure 1st side plane

- then oppposite side plane

- then bottom plane

- and finally top plane

- then all the calculations are automatically done, and the user directly gets the center line.



Sometimes, only 3 planes are used (both sides and bottom plane) : then we use the side planes to calculate the "diameter" and we translate the bottom plane with half of the "diameter". then we intersect the translated bottom plane with the medium plane from side planes.



Another option to get a quick measurement (but less accurate) from 3 planes simply consist to measure 3 points: 

Jig Axis from 3 Points

- 2 points on one bottom edge

- 1 point on the opposite bottom edge

- From Pt 1 and 2, we make a line (from the centre the the sphere of the stylus)

- From this line and Pt 3, we calculate an intermediate "diameter" (not hte real one but the real one minus the probe diameter) and we calculate also the medium point (medium point between Pt3 and its projection onto the line

- we move the line onto the mdeium point

- we move up the line with half of the intermediate "diameter", and perpendicularly to the plane made with the 3 points.

- this gives us the axis.

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Error causing Inspect to shut down.

Cian 7 years ago in Metrology Software / Inspect updated by neil kay 5 years ago 1

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Hi,


The error above shows when opening a program through inspect. When "close" is clicked Inspect crashes. 

If the error is ignored the program will run. When the program finishes a second instance of the error appears.


Thanks,

Cian