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# Setting Up and Using Probes: Introduction

In order to measure your part with your CMM, you need to properly define the probe that you will use for your measurements. You define your probe by choosing the hardware components that make up the entire probing mechanism: the probe head, wrists, extensions, and specific probe tips. Once defined, you can then calibrate pre-defined tip angles that will be used to measure various features on your part. The tip calibration process allows PC-DMIS to know where the probe tip is in your coordinate system in relation to your part and your machine.

Once your probes are defined and probe tips are calibrated, you can use the LOAD/PROBE and LOAD/TIP commands in your part program to use the calibrated tip angles in your part program's measurements.

To define and calibrate your probes, consult the following topics.

- Defining Probes

- Calibrating Probe Tips

Once you are done with calibration this topic will explain how to use the probe in either offline or online modes:

- Using Probe Online or Offline