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September 2012
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Chapter 7: Software
• Place the ball probe on the part and digitize points by pressing the GREEN
button. You must digitize at least three points for a plane. Hold the RED
button to remove any unwanted points.
• Pull away from the face, and press the RED button to define probe
compensation and complete the measurement.
• Look at the plane results. Press the GREEN button to accept, or the RED
button to reject and remeasure.
The coordinate system solves and then you will see the live XYZ readout to
check the origin and the direction of each axis.
N
OTE: The values are shown from the probe center and are not compensated
for the probe radius.
4 Press the GREEN button to accept the coordinate system, or press the RED
button to reject and remeasure all the features. If you reject the part setup, the
three features remain in the file. Delete any unwanted features using the
REVIEW FEATURES command. See “Review Features” on page 143.
See measuring “Cylinder” on page 136, and “Plane” on page 138.
Lengths
The LENGTHS commands are length, or distance, measurements that are
automatically calculated after measuring simple features.
Point to Point
From the MAIN menu, touch CONSTRUCT > LENGTHS > POINT TO POINT.
Use this command to measure a length between two points on your part.
1 Choose an existing point in the P
OINT drop-down list or touch the MEASURE
NOW icon to measure the first point:
• Place the ball probe on the part and digitize points by pressing the GREEN
button. You must digitize at least one point. Hold the RED button to remove
any unwanted points.
• Pull away from the face, and press the RED button to define probe
compensation and complete the measurement.
• Look at the point results. Press the GREEN button to accept, or the RED
button to reject and remeasure.
2 Choose an existing point in the P
OINT drop-down list or touch the MEASURE
NOW icon to measure the second point:
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