PC-DMIS CMM Tutorial

This section helps you create a basic measurement routine. Once you create it, the measurement routine should be able to measure a few features with your CMM and report the results. This tutorial assumes that you have an online license of PC-DMIS. Even if you do not have an online license of PC-DMIS, you can follow through many of the tutorial's steps in Offline mode.

The tutorial also provides a high-level view of some of what PC-DMIS can do.

If you have any questions, you can use the PC-DMIS Core documentation at any time to get more information. Also, many tutorial steps have links to applicable PC-DMIS Core documentation topics.

The tutorial guides you through these steps:

1. Connect Hardware to the CMM

2. Start Up and Home the CMM

3. Create a New Measurement Routine

4. Import the Hexagon Part Model

5. Configure the Interface

6. Define a Probe

7. Define Alignment Features

8. Scale the Image

9. Create an Alignment

10. Set Preferences

11. Add Comments

12. Select Additional Features

13. Construct New Features from Existing Features

14. Add a Tip Change Command

15. Add Another Clearance Plane

16. Add Move Point Commands

17. Calculate Dimensions

18. Mark Items to Execute

19. Test for Collisions

20. Adjust Feature Values

21. Set the Report Output and Type

22. Execute the Finished Measurement Routine

23. View the Report

24. Best Practices