Using Swift-Check to Validate the CMM

Prerequisites:

You need a bridge-style CMM with the Swift-Check artifact.

You need to install the PC-DMIS or QUINDOS add-on, and you must have either the PC-DMIS or QUINDOS application installed.

You need to install the Swift-Check add-on.

With the Swift-Check add-on, you can run one or more checks on a Swift-Check artifact to verify your CMM's accuracy.

You may find it useful to run Swift-Check occasionally between annual service and calibrations. We recommended that you run it at least quarterly or if your CMM gets bumped or shaken. If you also have the Scheduler add-on installed, you can set the frequency of when to run the checks. In that case, Inspect allows you to run measurement routines only if the Swift-Check scheduled run hasn't yet expired.

  1. Set up and configure your hardware (artifact, probes, temperature compensation sensor, and so on) according to the user guide that came with your Swift-Check artifact.

  2. If this is your first time using Swift-Check, once you've installed the Swift-Check add-on, go to the Settings screen. Then under Swift-Check, click Configuration to access the Swift-Check Configuration screen.

  3. Then fill in the numbers on the Calibration and Machine tabs according to the information provided to you by Hexagon when you purchased Swift-Check.

  4. Continue to follow the user-guide until you're ready to run the checks and measure the artifact.

  5. When you're ready to run the checks, from the Home screen, click Swift-Check.

  6. Click on the tile or tiles to choose one or more checks to perform: Length Bar, Ring Gauge, Sphere, or Wrist. (Full Check runs all the checks.)

To see descriptions of the individual checks, click the Card View button (Card layout) from the display buttons or view the description for a selected check on the Details pane.

 

  1. Run the checks:

  1. If you have both QUINDOS and PC-DMIS Application add-ons installed, a dialog box appears and asks you to choose which add-on to use to run the checks.

  2. The routine loads and runs the selected checks on the Swift-Check artifact.

  3. If you have the Scheduler add-on installed and a schedule for Swift-Check is set, any check that is out of date has this symbol (Out-of-date symbol) on its tile. Once you successfully run the check, Inspect removes any out-of-date symbols from that check's tile (Out-of-date symbol). Once you've successfully executed all the checks, a shield symbol with a check mark (In-date symbol) appears on the Full Check tile to indicate that you can now run measurement routines.

  4. After the check finishes, Inspect shows the Results View where you can view the results of the executed routine. Inspect also shows the date you ran a check in the Details pane whenever you select that check.

Related Topics:

Swift-Check

The Add-ons Screen

The Swift-Check Screen