Thanks for the info. We were told an incorrect calibration method with the plate method. Faro apologized for the confusion and since then we have had minimal problems with our scanner arm.
Scott
I'll get more information from my engineer most familiar with it. I think it needs a calibration every time we use it. If it won't calibrate using the method Faro suggests, we default to the previous calibration.
Hmm no EDIT button here. I meant to say there'll be hell to pay with the NEXT issue, if any.
It turns out, we were very, very carefully following the written instructions for plate calibration which turned out to be both ambiguous and incorrect.
Just as a quick follow up: the scanner heads have very sensitive calibration and most calibrations will only last @ 30 days. It's like perishible goods! Turns out Faro provided inadequate instructions for the new calibration technique using a plate method. We were sent the plate and e-mailed...
This sounds very similar to a problem two of my engineers just experienced with new machines and a new install of Solidworks Professional; We have two machines operating under XP SP2 using P4 processors. One is using an installation of Solidworks Office without a hitch. The seat of Solidworks we...
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Yes I downloaded the program and am testing it now. Works cool so far. It may do what a want but I'm not sure yet. If I work with the pause button it can hopefully cut out the build-time scale bar delays while SW builds different steps. Still messing with it.
Wow thanks for the fast response! It looks like Macromedia has purchased the rights to this software and is now marketing it under the name "RoboDemo" for $500. [surprise] [thumbsdown] Most of the shareware links I found have been disabled but there are still a few places left where you could...
Here's a good one- I would like to create an animation of all of the sketch work and build steps involved in the creation of one of my Solidworks models for part of a presentation.
Does anyone know of a way to do this? The HARD way would be to produce multiple still images of each step and...
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