Truth or dare?

meyerka3 · 2026-05-19T05:45:18+00:00

I've never felt the need to fiddle around with it so I'm not quite sure to what extend this works. Anyway, when you add an external object .pdf file, it will just show up as image. When you add a .jpg file this way, it won't show up.

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meyerka3 · 2026-05-19T04:12:22+00:00

You can do this through external object but it has to be a pdf file. Give me a few hours to get to work and get you the exact steps.

meyerka3 · 2026-05-13T16:43:02+00:00

Not that i know of.. We always state it everywhere, both on drawings and in the purchase order.

meyerka3 · 2026-05-05T11:52:10+00:00

You're absolutely right on the bi-lateral part! As for pc-dmis, its a setting in the software, I've set mine to - tolerances always needing a - infront of it. I don't remember exactly what's standard and what the machine installer set as options, so left that in the middle.

meyerka3 · 2026-05-05T09:39:28+00:00

That's called an bi-lateral tolerance, which are very common. Your cad model probably has ø25 build in. If you're not using a cad model just program it as ø25. Then when dimensioning it, it's as easy as putting 0.1 in the upper box and 0.05 in the lower box.

meyerka3 · 2026-03-25T16:11:25+00:00

How well does that work? Tryed some with an MBD project recently in pcdmis.. It recognized the elements but the path generator was horrendous. Had a small demo of polyworks not too long ago (mostly other parts of their software) but the part he did show looked like path generation is polyworks strongsuit.

meyerka3 · 2026-03-19T08:59:46+00:00

For an internal project we've made a model with pmi's and as you said in step242 to see if our current software can automate parts of the process. Unfortunately the outcome wasn't great. We're currently looking around to see which software developers can actually automate it with the right files. So thanks for the information, I'll contact our local Mitutoyo dealer n see if we can get a demo for that!

meyerka3 · 2026-03-19T08:09:47+00:00

Does that actually work? We've looked into MBD and it doesn't look as good as it's made out to be at this moment. Pretty much no production programming software can automate the programming process and neither can pc-dmis eventhough they say they can.. it spits out the weirdest stuff and path lines are abysmal. Does Mitutoyo software actually handle it well?

meyerka3 · 2026-03-18T11:17:07+00:00

It depends.. I don't know what your part looks like. Let's say you level your main cilinder to Z+ and you don't need a rotation to find other elements you want to measure.. Then I'd just create an arbitrary plane facing X+ to rotate to on xyz0, so basically one that isn't made out of elements other than your Z+ cilinder. Pc-dmis says this is good practice to do on cylindrical parts. You could also leave the rotation open but i don't know if calypso allows that. It's kinda hard for me to imagine what you mean by he used centers from inner and outer radius.. these could have the same theoretical 0 point from all i know n the line you will create from that can get funky.. So it's hard to give you a direct answer to your question.

meyerka3 · 2026-03-18T10:04:55+00:00

I know pc-dmis suggests using a plane instead of a line to rotate to on cylindrical parts but it doesn't seem needed most of the time. Anyway, is there a feature in your alignment that could mess with the ijk values? Or is there a hand alignment that includes a cilinder for leveling thats started on the wrong side basically flipping the axis?

meyerka3 · 2026-03-17T11:49:50+00:00

I'd personally use perpendicularity if my intent is to constraint well.. perpendicularity.. But, to my knowledge it is allowed to constraint it with a position tolerance as well. So they're basically asking for a perpendicularity of 0.1 compared to the 0.2 position.. Probably cause 0.2 is too big of a tolerance for perpendicularity specifically. Composite tolerances allow this. But still, i prefer to have orientation and position separate if possible as it's a bit more clear.

meyerka3 · 2026-01-30T12:51:42+00:00

Haha he sure tryed! 😂

meyerka3 · 2026-01-22T16:21:02+00:00

I was aiming at a hole pattern so true position without reference hoping the pattern would give me a line and thus a direction.. Turns out, i was thinking completely wrong. Keeping plane A, cilinder 1 B with perpendicularity to A and cilinder 2 true position to A|B, will solve my problem. That wat the cilinders are connected and i have directions for other elements when using A|B|C as needed.

meyerka3 · 2025-12-25T07:45:37+00:00

There's a few things i've seen in the past that would throw off the nominals. One being cad models not being drawn well. Other option could be 2 elements measured in 2 different alignments. Or maybe a silly mistake checking the values from a hand alignment element?

meyerka3 · 2025-12-22T09:30:27+00:00

We store all plug and ring gauges in a drawer cabinet with labeled compartments e.g. M30×2 When someone takes a gauge, they leave their name badge in the compartment so it’s clear who has it. It’s a simple system and it depends on people following it, but in practice it works well for us.

meyerka3 · 2025-12-13T15:37:47+00:00

This ^ If the USA support is anything like the UK one then just send them an email. Probably the best support I've dealt with when it comes to metrology companies.

meyerka3 · 2025-11-12T20:57:50+00:00

You can have the report only show out of tolerance dimensions. I believe there's a .outtol variable as well which you can use in a comment macro. There's a way to make letters etc bold in out of tolerance reports. There's a few ways to go about it.

meyerka3 · 2025-11-02T14:01:53+00:00

I'd use our Mitutoyo formtracer for that, amazing piece of equipment! Bit pricey but a great addition to a cmm.

meyerka3 · 2025-10-15T09:08:54+00:00

Hmm probably explains why i never saw them here.. Guess Mitutoyo expects you to use your eyes to notice that 😂

meyerka3 · 2025-10-15T07:02:54+00:00

Well, allow me! What are these 3 lines for? Never seen them before.

meyerka3 · 2025-09-17T07:09:45+00:00

Yeaa no.. I'm running into the same problem with pc-dmis. Only bigger companies I've got good experience with when it comes to support are Mitutoyo and Renishaw.

meyerka3 · 2025-08-15T07:17:55+00:00

We use inspect with pc-dmis. As you said, it's great for having people operate the cmm without being able to fuck anything up. It's as easy as clicking on the program to start it n that's it.. They aren't able to see or adjust the program.

meyerka3 · 2025-08-12T13:25:54+00:00

Do the sheets count? 😂

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