## Step 5: Calibrate Probes

You must first calibrate your probe in order to align or measure your gear.

To calibrate your probe:

1. Select the Operation | Probe Calibration… menu option or the Calibrate toolbar icon…

…to launch PC-DMIS in the background and navigate to a desired probe file.

2. Browse to and select an existing probe file (*.prb), or type the File name to define a new probe file. When you click Save, PC-DMIS Gear will open the PC-DMIS Probe Utilities dialog box:

3. If necessary, you can use the Measure button in this dialog box to define the probe configuration and/or calibrate the probes. Refer to the main PC-DMIS documentation for information on defining and calibrating probes.

4. Click OK when you have finished the probe calibration.

Step 6: Define the Gear...