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Creating Sub-Clearance Planes in Calypso TREE MENU

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line with each other, i.e. a counter bore and a through bore, the probe will retract after the first hole then travel along the same path to measure the next
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hole. This can waste time and make your program inefficient. Change the Clearance Plane to a Sub-clearance plane and the extra movement will be
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The probe will travel along the clearance plane until it reaches the first circle then proceed
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After the first diameter is measured the probe will remain in the hole and positioned away from the part by the retraction distance. Our Clearance Distance
is zero both before and after measurement therefore the probe will not move to a clearance distance. However for our next diameter we may want to
consider a clearance distance to make sure we don’t touch the part while entering into the next diameter.

Open the next diameter

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The probe will travel to position for the first point at its present height and then traverse down the hole to measure the first point.

The stylus will remain in the hole for the next measurement

Open the next diameter

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The probe will travel to position for the first point at its present height and then traverse down the hole to measure the first point.

Now notice the Move to in the dialog box. If no other measurements are required the stylus will retract to the clearance plane but a safer option is to pull
down this menu and select Before Measurement this will insure that when the probe is finished measuring it will travel to the clearance plane.

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Option 2 will allow you to create your own Sub Clearance Plane. Here is the part.

With standard Clearance Plane programming the stylus will go to the clearance plane after each feature. This wastes time and can be programmed with
better efficiency.

Building your own Sub Clearance Plane will allow the stylus to measure a feature and retract to the sub clearance plane.

Here is how to make a Sub Clearance Plane

Click on Plan/ Sub Clearance

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Select SCP +Z as the name of an available sub clearance element. By selecting New you can create a sub clearance plane with any name you like, but
for this example we will keep the SCP+Z name.

Select the clearance plane that will become its parent. Make sure that the “retract to inner
plane” is checked. Enter a value, relative to the base alignment, that you wish to be
associated with the sub clearance plane. In other words, how far away from the part
should the probe retract? To review these settings, we are telling Calypso that a Sub
clearance value has been assigned to SCP +Z and that its location is 50mm below 0 in
Z.

How do I set the strategy for the features? Use the feature strategy window or you can
use the Measurement Plan Editor Feature/ Travel/ Clearance Group and highlight the features change them.

To view a video of sub-clearance planes click here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?

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