Calypso Handbook
The Calypso Handbook serves as a comprehensive reference manual for Calypso programming. It includes embedded videos to facilitate understanding of various topics covered in the manual. Elevate your programming skills with these expert tips, each of which has been applied in real-world programming and verified to be effective.
Building A New ProbeAssembly
How to build a new probe assembly in CMM Manager
How to build a new probe assembly in CMM Manager
Cartesian Distance Video
Learn how Cartesian Distance works in Calypso with this video
Learn how Cartesian Distance works in Calypso
Alignment with Offset Plane
The offset plane can be used in an alignment construction. A good example of an offset plane is cast datum points, where they are rarely on the same plane.
The offset plane can be used in an alignment construction. A good example of an offset plane is cast datum points, where they are rarely on the same plane.
Offset Plane
The first step is to probe 3 Space Points on the model at different heights. If you have a CAD model change the feature type selection to Define a Space Point and place 3 points on the model at different heights, i.e. the cast datum points.
Click on Features/ Additional Features/ Offset Plane
Click on Evaluation
Click on the Edit button at Point Modification
Point A1 in our example is at 0
· Enter 0 in Point 1
· Enter -10.00 in Point 2
· Enter -8.00 in Point 3
This is the method to create an offset plane. It can now be used in a Base Alignment, or as you would any feature.
CAD TRANSFORMATION
An example of CAD Transformation
Selecting Features From The CAD Model
Please load the CMM Quarterly model by clicking on CAD/ Load Model and navigating to the model.
You may use your own model and part if you wish. Make sure your first part is a verily prismatic part. Something square without a lot of curved surfaces to begin with. Just apply the same principles to your part program.
Move the CAD Origin
Our first step after importing the CAD model is to make sure the alignment is in the proper location. The CAD alignment on the model must match the blueprint. In addition, the CAD model must be rotated as the part sits on the CMM table.
In this example the origin must be moved to the corner of the part.
We will need to extract some features off the model to obtain the nominals from the model in order to move the origin to the correct location.
Click on the lower toolbar and select Extract Features.
Pick all three of the planes on the example and create an Intersection (Construction/ Intersection) of the three planes
Open the Intersection
Click on CAD/ Modification/ CAD Model Transformation
