CALYPSO

Option 6
Characteristic IN

Operating Instructions
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CALYPSO
Version 2018
Operating Instructions
2018-04-17
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Table of contents
Preface

Information about these operating instructions ... Preface

1

Configuration of safety instructions ................... Preface 3

Chapter 1 Characteristic IN (option)

Introduction: Characteristic IN (option) ........................  1-2

Basics about Characteristic IN ......................................  1-3

The Characteristic IN modules ...........................................................  1-3
Flow chart for the import and export ................................................  1-4

Generating a measurement plan from CAD data .........  1-6

Steps for generating a measurement plan from CAD data .................  1-6
Preparing the measurement plan generation from CAD data ............  1-7
Re-creating the measurement plan from CAD data............................  1-8
Sequence of the automatic measurement plan generation .............  1-10
Editing the measurement plan generated from CAD data ................  1-13
Defining the base alignment for the measurement plan generated from
CAD data .......................................................................................  1-13
Defining the clearance planes for the measurement plan generated from
CAD data .......................................................................................  1-14
Assigning styli in the generated measurement plan ........................  1-14
Testing and saving the measurement plan generated from CAD data ......
 1-15

Generating a measurement plan from Agipp data.....  1-16

Steps for generating a measurement plan from Agipp data .............  1-16
Preparing the measurement plan generation from Agipp data ........  1-17
Creating a measurement plan from Agipp data or extending it .......  1-19
Editing the measurement plan generated from Agipp data ..............  1-22
Testing the measurement plan generated from Agipp data .............  1-22

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 Viewing XML data and Agipp interface ...........................................  1-23

Alphabetic index

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Preface
Information about these operating instructions
The CALYPSO program consists of a base module and additional options
for special purposes. You can customize the scope of program to fit your
requirements.
These operating instructions describe an option of CALYPSO and are
based on the assumption that the user is familiar with the operating in-
structions for the base module of CALYPSO.

NOTE
The additional CALYPSO options are described in separate manuals.

Reference information about the windows and dialogs can be found in

the dialog reference in the CALYPSO Online Help.

Simply Measure – And what you should know to do it right, A metrol-

ogy primer
Carl Zeiss, Industrial Metrology Division,
Order no.: 612302-9002

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the reference.
Plan " CNC-Start " Run The Run command in the CNC-
Start submenu of the Plan
menu.
CTRL+A Press the CTRL key and the letter
A at the same time.

Icons Three special symbols containing important information are used in this
manual. The icons appear in the marginal column next to the respective
text.
You will find a detailed explanation of the safety instructions under Con-
figuration of safety instructions.

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Data and program structure

– (1) After the component has been drawn and the model has been
constructed, the ProE and UG CAD systems use the supplementary
PE-Inspect or BCT-Inspector program to create a STEP and a Q-DAS
data record in an ASCII format:
– STEP-AP-203 or STEP-AP-214 data with attribute identifier
– Q-DAS data with the nominal value, tolerance and reference
characteristic information items
– (2) Agipp XML files corresponding to e.g. manufacturing stages can
be loaded via the Agipp interface.
– (3) The Characteristic IN option allows the following options:
– A root program in the form of a CALYPSO measurement plan is
created by using ASCII data records from (1) and (2). With CA-
LYPSO on the CMM or the CALYPSO Planner, this measurement
plan can be further processed.
– An almost complete CALYPSO measurement plan is generated
from an Agipp XML file.
– (4) The Simulation option is used for supplementing and completing
the measurement plans created remotely via the CALYPSO Planner.
– (5) The measurement plans can be transferred directly to CALYPSO
that is installed on the CMM.
– (6) After a measurement with CALYPSO, a Q-DAS output interface is
available if required. The data created with this interface is thus avail-
able for further processing in statistics programs.
– (7) An existing DMIS measurement program from an external pro-
gram can be loaded into the DMIS Input Postprocessor option. A
CALYPSO measurement plan can also be created from this data.
– (8) A created measurement program is converted into a DMIS ASCII
format using a DMIS preprocessor (DMIS CNC DATA OUT option).
External users can use these data records to generate and run their
own measurement programs if a DMIS processor (version 3.0 or
higher) is present.

NOTE
The stylus simulation and the stylus system creator as well as the DMIS
export are additional options of CALYPSO. They are described in sepa-
rate manuals.

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Configuration of safety instructions

Risk of material damage

If there is no personal health hazard, but the CMM or components may
get damaged, this is pointed out by the following notice.

This symbol refers to possible damage to the CMM.

Non-observance of this safety instruction when the event occurs may
cause damage to the CMM or one of its components.
Example: Collision of the ram with a workpiece.

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Chapter

1 Characteristic IN (option)

This chapter contains:

Introduction: Characteristic IN (option)....................................................... 1-2
Basics about Characteristic IN..................................................................... 1-3
Generating a measurement plan from CAD data ........................................ 1-6
Generating a measurement plan from Agipp data .................................... 1-16

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Introduction: Characteristic IN (option)

You can use the Characteristic IN option to automatically generate a
largely complete CALYPSO measurement plan from suitable CAD data.
For this purpose, the geometry information, tolerances and references
are taken from the CAD model data.
You can also create a functioning measuring plan using data for manu-
facturing stages according to the Agipp interface (Automated Genera-
tion for In-Process Parts).
You can send the executable measurement plan to the CMM computer
or export it into the DMIS format using the DMIS CNC DATA OUT op-
tion.
The stylus simulation and stylus system creator as well as the DMIS ex-
port which can be used in combination with the Characteristic IN option
are additional options of CALYPSO. They are described in separate man-
uals.

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Basics about Characteristic IN

The Characteristic IN modules
The Characteristic IN option comprises the following modules:

Module Function
Q-DAS converter Converts characteristic data in Q-DAS format into characteristics of
a CALYPSO measurement plan.
STEP AP 203 Loads CAD model data for conversion into features and for repre-
sentation in CALYPSO.
Agipp converter Converts XML files in the Agipp format into a CALYPSO measure-
ment plan.

This enables CALYPSO to generate measurement plans from characteris-

tic and CAD data or by using data of manufacturing stages.

Prerequisite for the conversion from CAD data

The component must be designed using a CAD system and the compo-
nent characteristics must be numbered automatically in the drawing de-
partment using the PE-Inspect or BCT-Inspector module. This allows
clear identification of each characteristic of the component.

NOTE
If identical characteristic numbers are used for the same characteristics
when designing variants, this also forms the basis for uniform measur-
ing planning and measurement program creation throughout the differ-
ent branches of a company.

Requirements for the Characteristic data and CAD model data must meet the following re-
input data quirements before the Characteristic IN option can convert them into
features of a CALYPSO measurement plan:
– The data must have been created using a ProE or UG (Unigraphics)
CAD system and have been converted into a STEP file in the AP 203
or AP 214 format.
– The required feature data must be available as ASCII data in the
QDAS format.
The formatting must have been created on the basis of a WEPROM
specification. The Q-DAS data must have been processed using the
PE-Inspect program from PTC or with the BCT-Inspector program
from BCT.

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You can use the Characteristic IN option only if your input data meets
these requirements.

Flow chart for the import and export

The illustration shows the function and purpose of the Characteristic IN
interface. You can see the various input data on one side and the possi-
ble types of output on the other side.

ProE
CAD system

PE-Inspect

DMIS
STEP Q-DAS Agipp
measurement
AP203 data data
program
7 2

Stylus simulation
3

C a l y p so 4

offline Stylus toolbox

DMIS Calypso
measurement measurement
program plan
8 5

Other Calypso
CMM software on CMM

Q-DAS
data

Results

Statistics system

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Data and program structure

– (1) After the component has been drawn and the model has been
constructed, the ProE and UG CAD systems use the supplementary
PE-Inspect or BCT-Inspector program to create a STEP and a Q-DAS
data record in an ASCII format:
– STEP-AP-203 or STEP-AP-214 data with attribute identifier
– Q-DAS data with the nominal value, tolerance and reference
characteristic information items
– (2) Agipp XML files corresponding to e.g. manufacturing stages can
be loaded via the Agipp interface.
– (3) The Characteristic IN option allows the following options:
– A root program in the form of a CALYPSO measurement plan is
created by using ASCII data records from (1) and (2). With CA-
LYPSO on the CMM or the CALYPSO Planner, this measurement
plan can be further processed.
– An almost complete CALYPSO measurement plan is generated
from an Agipp XML file.
– (4) The Simulation option is used for supplementing and completing
the measurement plans created remotely via the CALYPSO Planner.
– (5) The measurement plans can be transferred directly to CALYPSO
that is installed on the CMM.
– (6) After a measurement with CALYPSO, a Q-DAS output interface is
available if required. The data created with this interface is thus avail-
able for further processing in statistics programs.
– (7) An existing DMIS measurement program from an external pro-
gram can be loaded into the DMIS Input Postprocessor option. A
CALYPSO measurement plan can also be created from this data.
– (8) A created measurement program is converted into a DMIS ASCII
format using a DMIS preprocessor (DMIS CNC DATA OUT option).
External users can use these data records to generate and run their
own measurement programs if a DMIS processor (version 3.0 or
higher) is present.

NOTE
The stylus simulation and the stylus system creator as well as the DMIS
export are additional options of CALYPSO. They are described in sepa-
rate manuals.

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Generating a measurement plan from CAD

data
Steps for generating a measurement
plan from CAD data
You can use the Characteristic IN option to automatically generate a
largely complete CALYPSO measurement plan from suitable CAD data.
Here, the completeness of the resulting measurement plan and the
scope of the manual rework depend on the amount of data and content
of the interface data.
Converting cylinders to All shafts and bores contained in the CAD data are transferred as cylin-
circles ders to the measurement plan without any special preparations. Regard-
ing the measurement target, this type of measurement is very often too
time-consuming and does not make sense.
You can therefore define prior to the generation which cylinders are to
be transferred as circles from the CAD data to the measurement plan.
After generation, you can edit this list and start the conversion of the
cylinders to circles.
Default measurement Prior to generation, you can define the default measurement strategy for
strategies the line, plane, circle, cylinder and cone feature types.

NOTE
Thus you determine at the same time the strategy settings of CALYPSO
which are effective throughout the measurement plan.

Q-DAS conformity Depending on the contents of the K2001 and K2002 fields, you can also
import the characteristic from K2002 and assign K2001 as the “charac-
teristic name”.
Run To generate a measurement plan from CAD data, proceed as follows:
– To prepare the generation of the measurement plan, you must carry
out the following steps:
– Enter the rules for the conversion of cylinders
– Determine the default measurement strategies
– Specify the characteristic list and CAD-STEP file
– Start generation (first stage)
– Modify the loaded CAD model and define the base alignment, if nec-
essary
– Continue generation (second stage):

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– Convert the cylinders to circles

– Complete the measurement plan:
– Complete the characteristics
– Define the start alignment / base alignment (if this has not been
done after loading the CAD model)
– Define the clearance planes
– Insert styli into the features
– Test and save the measurement plan
– Add information to the measurement plan

Preparing the measurement plan

generation from CAD data
Before loading the data via the Characteristic Input interface, you must
check the following settings in CALYPSO:
– CALYPSO is running in the “Simulation” operating mode.
To ensure that all data and settings are available for generation of the
measurement plan, you have to set CALYPSO to the “Simulation” oper-
ating mode.

Switch CALYPSO to the “Simulation” operating mode.

1 Select Extras " Settings " CMM.
The CMM Configuration notebook and the Control page open.
2 Click the Simulation tab and Connect.
CALYPSO and the measurement plan generator are thus set for the
“Simulation” operating mode.
Note: Make sure that no other connection to a CMM is active. Oth-
erwise, you must clear the connection down by closing the Stop
Light window.
Creating a stylus sys- For later simulation of the CNC run, you require the stylus data of the
tem stylus system to be used to measure the workpiece. You have two possi-
bilities to obtain the stylus data:
– You export the stylus data from CALYPSO on the CMM to CALYPSO
“offline” (Simulation operating mode).
To do so, open the Stylus System Management, select the corre-
sponding stylus system in the navigation area and click the Export
button in the Stylus System Functions group. This stylus data is
buffered on your hard disk (e.g. in C:\Temp).

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Then disconnect from the CMM. Now, create the connection to

CMM “Simulation” (as described above), open Stylus system man-
agement and import the data from the intermediate storage.
– Use the stylus system creator to create the stylus data.
For more information, please refer to the operating instructions for
the Simulation option under Simulation (option).
You can use the Stylus system management to select the stylus sys-
tem to be used for measurement in CALYPSO. The current stylus system
is available in the Stylus system management catalog; it must be se-
lected with a double-click.

Re-creating the measurement plan from

CAD data
After you have completed all the preparations in CALYPSO, you can cre-
ate the measurement plan and load the feature data as well as the STEP
file.

Creating a new measurement plan and loading the fea-

ture data
1 Select Planner " Generate Measurement Plan " ...from CAD
data.
The Generate Measurement Plan dialog box appears, the Gener-
ate tab is on top.

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Generate Measurement Plan

Generate Rules Strategy defaults

Measurement Plan name

Testplan

Q-DAS conformant

Characteristics list Find...

C \Zeiss\Daten\UEBUNGSWUERFEL.DFD

STEP File Find...

C \Zeiss\Daten\uebungswuerfel_1. stp

Generate
Program Status

Generate Measurement Plan Close

2 Assign a name to the new measurement plan.

3 Tick the Q-DAS conformant check box if the characteristic name is
to be read from the K2002 field and if the contents of the K2001
field is to be assigned to the characteristic as the “Characteristic
Name” attribute.
If the Q-DAS conformant check box is unticked, then the contents
of the K2001 field will be used as characteristic name.
4 Under Characteristics list, enter the path of the Q-DAS file or click
Find and select the required file in the default Windows dialog.
5 Under STEP File, enter the path of the STEP-AP-203 or STEP-AP-214
file or click Find and select the required file in the default Windows
dialog.

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6 Activate the Rules tab and enter the criteria according to which
cylinders are to be transferred from the CAD data to the conversion
list for conversion to circles.
By activating one or more of the offered characteristics, all those
cylinders are added to the list for which no additional characteristics
are defined in the measurement plan than the activated ones.
Additionally, you can specify a geometric rule according to which the
cylinders to be entered in the list are further specified.
7 Activate the Strategy defaults tab.
8 Tick the check boxes for all feature types for which you want to de-
fine a default strategy and click each Settings button.
9 In the Strategy dialog box that opens, define the default measure-
ment strategy according to which the features of the corresponding
type are to be measured.
Note: Thus you determine at the same time the strategy settings of
CALYPSO which are effective throughout the measurement plan. For
all non-activated feature types, the existing CALYPSO strategy de-
faults will be used.
Note: If a certain feature is to be measured using a strategy that de-
viates from the default measurement strategy, you must enter this
strategy for the feature concerned after the automatic generation.
10 If all entries are correct, click Generate Measurement Plan.
The measurement plan generator loads the CAD model and stops
then.
11 If needed, modify the CAD model and define the base alignment.
12 Select Continue generation to continue the generation.
The measurement plan generator creates the characteristics and fea-
tures.
After generation, you will see on the Generate tab under Program
Status how many features and characteristics have been created
and how many of which are completely defined.

Sequence of the automatic

measurement plan generation
During loading, you can see the following on the screen:
– The CAD model is loaded and generated in the CAD window.
Then the measurement plan generation stops and you can modify
the CAD model and define the base alignment on the CAD model.

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– After continuing the measurement plan generation, the list of fea-

tures is created from the features contained in the STEP file using the
set measurement strategies.
– The list of characteristics is built as a root program from the charac-
teristics of the Q-DAS file.
Converting cylinders During the second stage of the generation, the Selected cylinders will
be converted to circles dialog box appears.

Selected cylinders will be converted to circles

1115
781
276
361
313
178
817
1117
505
63
763
274
45
799
839
857
436
379

OK Cancel

The list shows all cylinders of the CAD data. The designations of the
cylinders (identifiers) have been taken over from the STEP data record of
the CAD system.

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If you specified rules for the conversion of cylinders to circles, those

cylinders to which the rules apply are selected. The CAD window dis-
plays the selected cylinders purple-colored.
By pressing and holding down the Ctrl key you can mark additional
cylinders or exclude certain cylinders from the conversion. The changes
made are shown in the CAD window. Click OK to confirm your choice.
All selected and dark-shaded cylinders in the measurement plan are con-
verted to circles.
Result After generation, you will see on the Generate tab under Program
Status how many features and characteristics have been created and
how many of which are completely defined.
After the files have been loaded, a list is generated containing the char-
acteristics that require additional data. This list is set up to be interactive,
and permits the direct input of missing data.
In the rest of the procedure, you now use this root measurement plan to
specify the coordinate systems and the clearance planes as well as to run
the automatic stylus allocation.

Loading the features

After the STEP file has been loaded, the workpiece can be seen on the
screen as a wire frame model. As soon as you click the button for Ren-
der, the wire frame model is displayed as rendered.
The CAD core automatically forms the features of the measurement plan
from the geometry data of the STEP file. Subsequently, all features are
displayed in a list. The designations of the features (identifiers) have
been taken over from the STEP data record of the CAD system.
As soon as you select a feature in the list, it is highlighted in the CAD
window in color and vice versa.

Loading the characteristics

The characteristics for the measurement plan are created automatically
from the characteristic data in the Q-DAS format of the CAD system. The
list of characteristics is then displayed.
The characteristics as well as the associated references are generated au-
tomatically via the Q-DAS file from the CAD system.
As soon as you select a characteristic in the list, the associated refer-
ences are highlighted in color in the CAD window.

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Editing the measurement plan generated

from CAD data
The measurement plan generator has automatically built up a root mea-
surement plan that already contains characteristics and features as well
as references (if applicable).
After the measurement plan has been loaded, you see the list of gener-
ated characteristics. Their completeness depends on the amount of data
and content of the interface data: If the loaded Q-DAS data was com-
plete, you do not need to enter any more references, nominal values
and tolerances later.
1 Check the list of characteristics.
Characteristics highlighted in gray in the list are fully defined.
All characteristics that are only highlighted in the background color
are not fully defined.
2 Open the incompletely defined characteristics one after the other.
The reference entered as the feature in each case is highlighted in
color in the CAD window.
3 Enter the necessary references, nominal dimensions and tolerances.
To complete the measurement plan, the coordinate system, clearance
planes and the stylus system must be defined.

Defining the base alignment for the

measurement plan generated from CAD
data
NOTE
CALYPSO is unable to generate an alignment from the CAD data and
characteristics. This means that you have to set the base alignment
yourself.

If you have not defined the base alignment during the generation of
measurement plans after loading the CAD model, you must define it
now after the generation of the measurement plan body.
For more information, please refer to the Basic Operating Instructions
under Setting the base / start alignment.

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Defining the clearance planes for the

measurement plan generated from CAD
data
CALYPSO does not generate clearance planes from the CAD data. This
means that you have to define the clearance planes yourself.
1 Click the Clearance Planes button on the Measurement Plan tab
in the measurement plan area.
- or -
Select Resources " Measurement Plan " Clearance Plane.
The Clearance Plane window appears on the screen. You will find
detailed information on this window under Clearances planes in the
CALYPSO dialog reference of the Online Help.
2 Click the Clearance Plane from CAD model button, enter the de-
sired offset in the window and confirm with OK.
The definition of the clearance plane is automatically calculated from
the dimensions of the CAD model.
3 Click OK to close the window.

Assigning styli in the generated

measurement plan
The stylus system must be the same in the generated measurement plan
and on the CMM. To ensure this, the corresponding stylus system data
must have been exported or created using the stylus system creator and
imported to the measurement plan. The corresponding physical stylus
system must be present on the CMM.

Having styli assigned and corrected automatically

Conditions
– The stylus system intended for the features of the current mea-
surement plan has been inserted.
1 Select Preparation " Stylus " Automatic Stylus Assignment.
The Automatic Stylus Assignment dialog box is displayed. CA-
LYPSO will automatically determine the best suited stylus of the cur-
rently used stylus system.
Features for which a different new stylus was determined are high-
lighted in red.
2 Check the automatically assigned styli.
You can change the selection by clicking into the relevant cell.

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Note: If you want one or more features to be measured with a

stylus system other than the currently used one, you also have to
adjust the data in the "New Stylus System" and "New Stylus" cells.
Edited features are highlighted in green.

Testing and saving the measurement

plan generated from CAD data
The generated measurement plan is complete once the data on the base
alignment, the stylus and the clearance planes has been added. You can
now save and test it.
During the test, everything runs as on the CMM, with the exception that
no real movements and probing actions take place. However, you do re-
ceive reports as in the case of actual probing.

Saving the measurement plan

1 Select File " Save.
The measurement plan is saved under the name you entered in the
Generate Measurement Plan dialog box.

Testing the measurement plan

1 Set up the connection to the simulated CMM by selecting Extras "
Settings " CMM and clicking Connect.
2 To set the stylus simulation for the measurement plan, select Plan-
ner " Measurement Plan Simulation.
More detailed information on stylus simulation can be found in the
operating instructions for the Simulation option under Stylus simula-
tion.
3 Select Plan " Run.
The measurement plan will now be processed.
If appropriate, you receive reports on errors, deficiencies or collision
risks.
4 Evaluate the reports and edit the measurement plan accordingly.
5 Then repeat steps 3 and 4.
After you have corrected any errors that might have been in the mea-
surement plan, you can save it and release it for further use.
You can run the measurement plan, for example, on a CMM with CA-
LYPSO, or you can use the DMIS Export function to convert it into a
DMIS measurement program that can run on all DMIS measuring ma-
chines.

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Generating a measurement plan from Agipp

data
Steps for generating a measurement
plan from Agipp data
Manufacturing stages In practice, not only finished workpieces with a complete CAD model
will be measured, but also intermediate stages with in-process stage
drawings (FAZ).
Once the data of the manufacturing stage has been edited according to
the Agipp interface description (Agipp = Automated Generation for In-
Process Parts), CALYPSO can use the Characteristic IN option to generate
a measurement plan from this data or extend or update an existing mea-
surement plan.
Here, the completeness of the resulting measurement plan and the
scope of the manual rework depend on the amount and contents of the
converted data.
Agipp data exists in the form of an XML file. You can also edit the XML
file subsequently and add additional features to it.
Options in the Agipp All measurement plan features which can be used in CALYPSO and
file which can be loaded from an Agipp file and converted into a measure-
ment plan are described in the supplied Agipp.xsd schema file. This ap-
plies to features, constructions, characteristics and additional measure-
ment plan features, such as conditions, mini-plans, etc.
In the Agipp file, you can define for each individual feature whether the
feature itself or the defined characteristics (or both) should be trans-
ferred into the measurement plan to be created.

Agipp files and measurement plans

The Characteristic IN option of CALYPSO offers the following options:
– You can generate a new measurement plan from an Agipp file.
– You can extend an existing measurement plan with features from
the Agipp file.
– You can update older features of an existing measurement plan with
new Agipp data.
During update, features having the same name will be overwritten and
new features will be added to the end of the measurement plan.
Generation options You have the following options for generating or extending the mea-
surement plan:

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– You can either transfer exclusively features or exclusively characteris-

tics from the Agipp file to the measurement plan. This allows opti-
mization of the measuring run with respect to time.
– You can group the characteristics for each feature they relate to.
– You can create the sphere and cone features.
– You can create the perpendicular, intersection and symmetry con-
structions.
– You can place a text element at any position of the measurement
plan.
– You can create an intermediate position for each feature.
– You can define the clearance planes.
– You can generate PCM formulas.

NOTE
The following files can be viewed in CALYPSO:
The Agipp_ln.xsd schema file with the syntax and the general structure
of the XML file
The Agipp_ln.xls Excel description file with explanations on the XML file
elements
(“ln” in the file name stands for the language abbreviation; en = Eng-
lish).

Run To generate a measurement plan from data of manufacturing stages or

extend it, proceed as follows:
– To prepare the generation of the measurement plan, you must carry
out the following steps:
– Define advanced settings
– Define the default measurement strategies (optional)
– Specify the XML file
– Start generation
– Complete the measurement plan (if required)
– Test and save the measurement plan
– Add information to the measurement plan

Preparing the measurement plan

generation from Agipp data
Before loading the data via the Characteristic IN option, you must fulfill
the following requirements in CALYPSO:

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– CALYPSO is running in the “Simulation” operating mode

– The stylus system is available
– When extending an existing measurement plan: The measurement
plan is open

Setting the simulation operating mode

To ensure that all data and settings are available for generation of the
measurement plan, you have to set CALYPSO to the “Simulation” oper-
ating mode.
1 Select Extras " Settings " CMM.
The CMM Configuration notebook and the Control page open.
Note: Make sure that no other connection to a CMM is active. Oth-
erwise, you must clear the connection down by closing the Stop
Light window.
2 Click the Simulation tab and Connect.
CALYPSO and the measurement plan generator are thus set for the
“Simulation” operating mode.

Creating a stylus system

For later simulation of the CNC run, you require the stylus data of the
stylus system to be used to measure the workpiece. You have two possi-
bilities to obtain the stylus data:
– You export the stylus data from CALYPSO on the CMM to CALYPSO
“offline” (Simulation operating mode).
To do so, open the Stylus System Management, select the corre-
sponding stylus system in the navigation area and click the Export
button in the Stylus System Functions group. This stylus data is
buffered on your hard disk (e.g. in C:\Temp).
Then disconnect from the CMM. Now, create the connection to
CMM “Simulation” (as described above), open Stylus system man-
agement and import the data from the intermediate storage.
– Use the stylus system creator to create the stylus data.
For more information, please refer to the operating instructions for
the Simulation option under Stylus system creator.
The Stylus system management makes it possible to activate a stylus
for the measurement in CALYPSO. To do so, click with the right mouse
button <stylus_system_name> or any other name in the navigation area
and select the Activate entry in the context menu.

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Loading the measurement plan to be extended

If you do not create a new measurement plan but extend or update an
existing one, you must open it.

Creating a measurement plan from

Agipp data or extending it
Having completed all preparations in CALYPSO, you can load the Agipp
XML file and generate or extend the measurement plan.
1 Select Planner " Generate Measurement Plan " ...for manu-
facturing segments.
The Generate Measurement Plan with Agipp XML files dialog
box appears, the Generate tab is on top.

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Generate Measurement Plan with Agipp XML files

Generate Settings Strategy defaults

Open Load data

Selected Files:
C \Zeiss\Daten\Agipp-Daten\Zeiss Cube xml

Generate
Program Status

Generate Measurement Plan Close

2 Click Load data and select the corresponding XML file in the file se-
lection window.
The Open button appears. You can open and view the XML file.
3 Only in case you do not want to use the measurement strategies in-
cluded in the XML file: Activate the Strategy defaults tab and tick
the check boxes for those feature types you want to define a default
strategy for.
4 Click the corresponding Settings button and, in the Strategy dia-
log box, specify the default strategy for measuring the features of
the type concerned.
These strategy defaults will only be used if no particular strategy has
been defined for the respective feature in the XML file.

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Note: Thus you determine at the same time the strategy settings of
CALYPSO which are effective throughout the measurement plan. For
all non-activated feature types, the existing CALYPSO strategy de-
faults will be used.
5 Activate the Settings tab and tick the desired check boxes:
— Trigger: If the XML file contains both data for scanning and for
discrete-point (single-point) probing, you select discrete-point
measurement with this check box.
— Group Characteristics for each Feature: For each feature, an
individual group composed of the corresponding characteristics
will be created in the measurement plan.
— Use Feature name for Characteristic: The name of the corre-
sponding feature will be used as name prefix for all characteristics
not having their own name in the XML file.
— Use default name for Characteristics: All characteristics get
the default names defined in CALYPSO, even if they have their
own name in the XML file.
— Create New Measurement Plan (activated by default): A new
measurement plan is generated from the Agipp data. To extend
an existing measurement plan, untick the check box and open the
measurement plan to be extended.
— Generate Features (activated by default): Generates the fea-
tures included in the Agipp file.
— Generate Characteristics (activated by default): Generates the
characteristics included in the Agipp file.
— Update Measurement Plan: The features in the currently open
measurement plan are overwritten by the features of the Agipp
file if they are of a more recent date.
Note: You can use this tab to open and view the schema file for
loading the XML file as well as the corresponding description.
6 If all entries are correct, click Generate Measurement Plan.
The measurement plan generator loads the data and creates the
measurement plan. If the name contained in the XML file exists al-
ready, you may have this measurement plan extended or updated or
save the new measurement plan under a different name.
After that, the features, characteristics and, if necessary, the base
alignment will be created. This will be followed by an update of the
CAD window.
After generation, you will see on the Generate tab under Program
Status how many features and characteristics have been created
and how many of which are completely defined.

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7 Close the dialog box.

After the files have been loaded, a list is generated containing the char-
acteristics that require additional data. This list is set up to be interactive,
and permits the direct input of possibly missing data.
Thus you obtain a CALYPSO measurement plan that is almost complete
and only requires minimal rework.

Editing the measurement plan generated

from Agipp data
By means of the measurement plan generator, a measurement plan con-
taining almost all necessary data has automatically been created.
After the measurement plan has been loaded, you see the list of gener-
ated characteristics. Their completeness depends on the amount of data
and content of the interface data: If the loaded XML file was complete,
you do not need to enter any more references, nominal values and toler-
ances later.
1 Check the list of characteristics.
Characteristics highlighted in gray in the list are fully defined.
All characteristics that are only highlighted in the background color
are not fully defined.
2 Open the incompletely defined characteristics one after the other.
The reference entered as the feature in each case is highlighted in
color in the CAD window.
3 Enter the necessary references, nominal dimensions and tolerances.
This completes the measurement plan. You can test it now.

Testing the measurement plan

generated from Agipp data
During the test of the completed measurement plan, everything runs as
on the CMM, with the exception that no real movements and probing
actions take place. However, you do receive reports as in the case of ac-
tual probing.
1 Set up the connection to the simulated CMM by selecting Extras "
Settings " CMM and clicking Connect.
2 To set the stylus simulation for the measurement plan, select Plan-
ner " Measurement Plan Simulation.

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More detailed information on stylus simulation can be found in the

operating instructions for the Simulation option under Stylus simula-
tion.
3 Select Plan " Run.
The measurement plan will now be processed.
If appropriate, you receive reports on errors, deficiencies or collision
risks.
4 Evaluate the reports and edit the measurement plan accordingly.
5 Then repeat steps 3 and 4.
After you have corrected any errors that might have been in the mea-
surement plan, you can save it and release it for further use.
You can run the measurement plan, for example, on a CMM with CA-
LYPSO, or you can use the DMIS Export function to convert it into a
DMIS measurement program that can run on all DMIS measuring ma-
chines.

Viewing XML data and Agipp interface

In CALYPSO, you can view the XML file with the Agipp data as well as
the Agipp interface with a description.
For that purpose, select Planner " Generate Measurement Plan
" ... for manufacturing segments to open the Generate Measure-
ment Plan with Agipp XML files window.
You have the following options:

Tab Dialog element Function

Generate Open Opens the selected XML file (manufacturing
stage) with the program set in Windows for
this file type.
Settings Open Opens the Agipp_ln.xsd* Agipp specification
with the program set in Windows for that
purpose.
Description Opens the Agipp_ln.xls* file describing how
the individual elements of the XML file are
converted in CALYPSO.
*
“ln” in the file name stands for the language abbreviation: en = English.

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A X
Agipp XML file with Agipp data 1-23
Generating a measurement plan 1-16
Agipp interface
Viewing 1-23

C
CAD data
Generating a measurement plan 1-6
Characteristic IN
Basics 1-3
Flow chart 1-4
Requirements for the input data 1-3
Characteristic IN (option) 1-2
Creating a new measurement plan
From Agipp data 1-21

F
Flow chart
Characteristic IN 1-4

G
Generating characteristics
From Agipp data 1-21
Generating features
From Agipp data 1-21

M
Measurement plan
Generating from Agipp data 1-16
Generating from CAD data 1-6

U
Updating a measurement plan
From Agipp data 1-21

V
Viewing Agipp data 1-23

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