Mike Ortega
Aluminum
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2007
- Location
- Sunnyvale, Ca
Anybody ever used this software on their VMC. I'm using the general probing software on an 08' VF2SS. Just wonderign how the Inspection Plus works.
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What info are you looking for? Inspection Plus software is the most common one out there for machine tool probing with Renishaw probes.
The measuring routines suppliled with HAAS are basic part only of Renishaws Inspection Plus. They do not include the Vector measuring ability and neither some special measuring cycles. In general Inspection Plus is set of macro routines resident in machines control. It can measure some gemetric features and store the results in variables or print out the report. If you are interested in generatig the measuring routines on your CAD model and then compare the measurd results with the model you will have to use Productivity+ or OMV packages from Renishaw.Anybody ever used this software on their VMC. I'm using the general probing software on an 08' VF2SS. Just wonderign how the Inspection Plus works.
Some controllers come with built in macros that are called with a G65 PXXXX plus arguments. There are some third party suppliers that will come in and build the macros for you, at a cost. In Siemens PLM NX6 version, you will be able to program probing graphically.
I use MasterCam to program the Probe.... Most CAM systems can deal with probe programming one way or another, ... you just might have to be a little creative. Some systems have integrated capabilities or add-ons available for a more streamlined programming such as Siemens/UG or Gibbscam, etc.
You can do full inspection even with just starting from the Inspection Plus package. The only thing is you'll need to write some of your own macros or some simple math and comparitive functions to use it as an inspection tool. Inspection Plus is more of a "Verify" plus IMO but there is a lot that can be done with it. However, if you're looking more towards using like a CMM, buying the right software packages or paying an aftermarket company for macros would definately make things easier to deal with and pay for itself.
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