### Add Angles

When you select the Add Angles button, the Add Angles dialog box appears.

Add New Angles dialog box

Using the boxes and buttons available, PC-DMIS allows you to create a list of AB positions. Once a position has been calibrated, it can be recalled at any time during any part program. Therefore, by calibrating frequently used positions, they can be recalled at will while learning or manually inspecting a part program.

AB positions are stored in part coordinates. Therefore, during Execute Mode, PC-DMIS will automatically find the closest calibrated AB position appropriate to the orientation of the part on the machine. The Automatically Adjust Probe Head Wrist check box (see "Automatically Adjust Probe Head Wrist" in the "Setting your Preferences" chapter of the PC-DMIS Core documentation) must be selected for the AB positions to be available. The Edit window must also reflect a probe change command prior to the feature.

Since the mechanical positioning of the probe will change over time, it is recommended that the probe be periodically re-calibrated. When you select the Add Angles button, PC-DMIS displays the Add New Angles dialog box.

This dialog box allows you to specify singular AB orientations. PC-DMIS will also create a list of equally spaced AB orientations using the parameters specified in the boxes of the Equally Spaced Angles Data area.

The Add Angles dialog box provides the following parameters.

More:

New Angles List box

Individual Angle Data

Equally Spaced Angles Data

Working with the Angle Grid

Notes on the Add Angle option