Calypso – the Easy Way to Create Part Programs - Zeiss

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Calypso – the Easy Way to Create Part Programs

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Visual MetrologyTM

You select the tolerances from the drawing orthe CAD model according to the requirements ofthe workpiece. You define the measuring ele-ments to be evaluated. The integrated assistanthelps you select the necessary references and,before you know it, your measuring plan is ready.

This method of creating and maintaining meas-uring plans – Visual Metrology™ – is the basis ofCALYPSO. The advantages are at your finger tips:create a measuring plan without programming asingle line! No time-consuming, structural pro-gramming. No difficult code or text editing. Con-centrate on what’s really important – the actualmeasuring task.

Imagine measuring software thatreturns exactly the informationyou want within the shortest pos-sible time; measuring softwarewhose results can be understoodby everyone involved in the manu-facturing process; measuringsoftware that frees you fromtime-consuming, routine activities.Imagine CALYPSO!

Philosophy

CAD model feature characteristics Elements are selected to create

measuring programs

Display of characteristics list

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Intelligence through meaningfulsuggestions

“Test the roundness and the diameter of thebore” is the task defined in the CAD model orthe drawing. This command is all CALYPSOneeds to execute the measurement. “Scan ahelix with stylus 4”, and CALYPSO knows exactlyhow to deliver the best result. Use your expertisein metrology in exactly the same way.With meaningful suggestions for any metrologychallenge, CALYPSO offers you the experience ofmany users. You can follow these recommenda-tions or modify them based on your own experi-ence.

Speaks the language of metrology experts

Do your customers expect results with ever shorter turnaround times, while the number ofdesign changes constantly increases? CALYPSO prevents quality checks from slowingdown the entire process. Measuring plans can be easily created with CALYPSO. Should your

measuring tasks change, the measuring plan canbe easily adapted to the new requirements.

Adjusts to your tasks

You can use CALYPSO with different types ofCMMs. CALYPSO’s strengths and advantages arecompletely independent of the CMM.

Batch measurements or an automated environ-ment? CALYPSO allows your measuring plans torun in a single-button operation or in a com-pletely automated environment suitable for vol-ume production.

Do you need to program a structural componentseveral times on a workpiece? With CALYPSOyou can create a process for structural compo-nents and use the same process over and over…without having to program a single command!

CALYPSO automatically generates the measurement

procedures

CAD Programming

● Direct interface to CAD

● Fast nominal value generation

● Accept dimensional and position tolerance

● Self-explaining offline programming

● Reliable measurement procedures throughsimulations

● Automatic stylus calibration

● Flexible adjustment of the measurementprocedure

● Measure from the program library

Highlights

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Calypso. A software for all tasks

Software that you can use for allmeasuring strategies and tasks?Unthinkable until now. WithCALYPSO we revolutionize soft-ware programming for metrology.

Whether for single point or scanning; manual orCNC; on a coordinate measuring machine or off-line, touch or optical; standard geometric formsor free-form surfaces – no matter which mea-suring strategy you prefer:CALYPSO allows you tocomplete all your measuring tasks with one soft-ware. It is amazingly simple – a click of a mouseis all that is needed. All measuring programs areintuitively created with CALYPSO; select thesame features that are used in your design draw-ing.

Measurement Evaluation

CALYPSO’s easy-to-use programming interface isunparalleled. There is no difficult learning curveas with previous software.

CALYPSO employs the latest programming tech-nology. This means faster and more reliable pro-gramming, saving both time and money. See foryourself!

● The third generation in scanning

● Make tolerances visible

● Fast manual measurements (when needed)

● Results at a glance

● Customer-specific display of results

● Fast protocol output

From a CAD model to a finished measuring program in no time

CALYPSO frees you from these tasks. Optimizingyour measuring plan and generating travel pathsfor collision-free measurements are a thing ofthe past. Customers created executable measur-ing plans up to 75% faster with CALYPSO thanwith conventional measuring programs.

And with VAST Navigator, your measurementprocedures run up to 15-65% faster.

The time you need to create afinished measuring procedurefrom a CAD model is considerablyinfluenced by the amount of timeyou invest programming the mea-surement and creating a collision-free measuring procedure.

CAD

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PrepareCAD data

Define nominalgeometry

Definetolerance

Programmeasurement

Program travel paths

Adjust to CMM

PrepareCAD data

Define nominalgeometry

Definetolerance

Programmeasurement

Adjust to CMM

Time saving with

Visible Productivity

Conventional software

Calypso

Prepare CAD filesCALYPSO easily reads popular file formats, suchas IGES, VDAFS, DXF, STEP and formats from dif-ferent CAD manufacturers such as CATIA V4/V5and ProE, for example. Multiple conversions,often leading to tolerance inaccuracies, orreworking the workpiece geometries are un-necessary.

Define nominal geometrySo easy: load CAD files, select features in theCAD window – automatically receive nominalvalues.

Define toleranceCharacteristic input are the magic words. Thisfunction allows you to extract all size and posi-tion tolerances directly from the CAD model andassign them to the associated features.What this means for you: time savings of up to50%!

Program measurementAs soon as you have defined a feature, CALYPSOcreates a measurement strategy. The strategy canbe modified at any time and transferred to simi-lar features. With CALYPSO, you can forget thewords “travel path”. CALYPSO moves the stylusaround the workpiece and correctly approachesthe features – one thing less for you to thinkabout.

Adjust to CMM By the time you have the part on your measuringmachine for the first time, CALYPSO proves thatthe rapidly-created measurement procedures canbe quickly adjusted. Changes to nominal values?Modified devices? Quickly make a few changesin CALYPSO and continue measuring. If you needto examine single characteristics for the manu-facturing progress checks, you can let CALYPSOmeasure them without any extra programming.

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Changes to the nominal geometry

Adjust the incorrectly-programmed features witha few steps and continue measuring. CALYPSOguarantees that the measurement strategy andthe stylus movements match the modified fea-tures.

Changes to a measurement

You can easily change the strategy used for afeature. With CALYPSO, you can immediatelyevaluate the effects the changes have on themeasuring result. There is no need to run theentire procedure again.

You want to measure, not pro-gram. CALYPSO simplifies a largepart of your daily routine.

You know how it is. The moment your measuringprogram finishes, you notice the drill holes arenot where they are in the CAD model. During thefirst measurement you discover that the measur-ing strategy was not the best. You try to deter-mine the correct speed and point density. Duringthe run, you perform a quick in-betweenmeasurement that provides you with importantdata.

The fast and easy way to correctresults. Measuring plans

Programming

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The ideal system for every task: CALYPSO is completely

multi-sensor capable – from measuring single points to

scanning to optical measurements. With this software, you

can use almost the entire sensor portfolio from Carl Zeiss.

You use the ideal measuring system for every task – with

one and the same measuring machine.

Calibrating procedures

CALYPSO offers special calibrating procedureswhen absolute accuracy is a must – proceduresthat enable you to significantly reduce deviationswhen evaluating roundness and distances.

Optimal settings

CALYPSO also helps in the search for the smallestdeviations by setting the measurement parame-ters to their optimum values which guaranteesoptimum measuring results.

For quick measurements in between

With CALYPSO, it is possible to interrupt a mea-surement procedure to measure another part. Theinterrupted measurement can then be continued,requiring measurement of only the elementswhich had not yet been completed. Quickly measure a distance or determine a diam-eter – fast, manual measurements are a part ofeveryday measuring activities. CALYPSO does notrequire extensive training; CALYPSO interactivelyleads you to the right result. You can’t measureany faster manually!

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Carl Zeiss is not only a pioneer inscanning, but also plays a leadingrole in scanning software. CALYPSO– because not every software isalways as fast as the measuringmethod.

Most software packages are often only capableof displaying the contour by using mathematicaladjustments. CALYPSO, on the other hand, deter-mines the actual contour – for form inspectionsof standard geometric elements as well as digi-tizing design models. CALYPSO is also designedto work with VAST Navigator – our third genera-tion scanning technology.

Third generation of scanning

VAST Navigator from Carl Zeiss is unparalleledtechnology when it comes to speed and accu-racy. No unnecessary stops, optimum approach,and travel paths – VAST Navigator allows you toeasily measure in one pass. Tangential approachis standard in the third generation of scanning.The transition from travel path to probing, previously a procedure with many interruptions,is now a smooth process.The integrated assistant in CALYPSO determinesthe optimal scanning speed based on the re-quired accuracy. For optimum workpiece meas-urement, CALYPSO provides you with numerousscanning methods such as scanning an unknowncontour, scanning according to nominal data,and self-centering scanning. You can’t measureany faster.

Scanning without limitations

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Making tolerance visible

Scanning is the most reliable method, especiallywhen workpieces have to be inspected for theirfitting behavior. CALYPSO displays the type ofform deviation so precisely that you can see pos-sible deviations or use existing tolerances.

Calibration procedures

When it comes to maximum accuracy, CALYPSOoffers special calibration procedures.

Standardized protocol outputs

CALYPSO has an interface for QDAS and DMISoutput formats. You can also precisely monitoryour batch measurements.

Measurements on another CMM

Running a measurement program on differentCMMs is no problem with CALYPSO. The mea-surement strategy for a form element is quicklyadjusted to the current CMM with only a fewsteps.

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Evaluation

Can your software do this?

The right method – every time

CALYPSO implicitly uses the correct calculationprocedure for all size, shape and position evalua-tions (Gaussian best fit, Chebyshev, minimumcircumscribed element, maximum inscribed ele-ment, tangential element). This avoids errors thatare very difficult to find.The user guidance in CALYPSO also avoids un-necessary errors – even when material conditionsfor shape and position tolerances are used.CALYPSO helps you when compiling the missingevaluations of element sizes.

Filter functions

CALYPSO offers the standard procedures com-mon with form testers from filtering measure-ment points, to eliminating all known outliers, toFournier analysis.These procedures are available the moment theyare needed during the evaluation.

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Solid foundation – flexible options

CALYPSOStandard software for standard geometric forms with CAD

Gear Pro .............Gear measurement

Blade ..................Measurement of turbine blades

EDM ....................Erosion modules

CC Curve.............Curve measuring

FACS ...................Automation

Autorun..............Automation

PCM ....................Parameter programming

OVCMM..............Virtual CMM

CMM Reporter ..........Online statistics

Protocol outputs

CAD interfaces

Standard STEP, IGES, VDAFS Direct interfacesCATIA V4 & V5, PRO E, DXF

Characteristic input

Calypso DMIS out Calypso QS-STAT

Options

CALYPSO PlannerOffline programming procedure

CALYPSO SimulationSimulation of the measurement

CALYPSO

CALYPSO is the standard software for all stand-ard geometric forms with integrated CAD inter-preter.

CALYPSO Planner

With CALYPSO Planner, you can generate mea-surement procedures directly from the availableCAD model data. Since the measuring plan canbe easily exported to DMIS format, you can alsocreate measurement programs offline withCALYPSO Planner.

CALYPSO Simulation

With CALYPSO Simulation, you can simulate themeasurement procedure and make stylus colli-sions with the workpiece visible. This allows youto virtually optimize the procedure and reducetime-consuming, expensive programming errorsto a minimum.

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The right programfor each requirement

Options

Gears and bevels. Measure withGearPro.Gear Pro uses the most sophisticated techno-logies to measure and evaluate gears and bevels.You can view the evaluation of the results in a3D gear tooth cutting and forming model.

Evaluation of turbine blade measurements with BladePRO Curve measurements with the Curve option

Turbine blades. Measure withBladePro.CALYPSO and Blade work hand-in-hand for tur-bine blade measurements: CALYPSO does themeasuring, while Blade performs the evaluation.The specific parameters and analysis proceduresyou need for the evaluation of complex compo-nents are already stored in the software.

Curves. Measure with Curve.Free-form surfaces are a challenge for everymeasuring machine and every software. Curveprovides you with accurate results.

Whether turbo loaders, camshafts or screw com-pressors – Curve reliably solves your measuringtask in a familiar measuring environment.

Erosion module. Measure withEDM.Determining offset and rotation when replacingworn-out electrodes requires a lot of time andexperience. EDM turns expensive measurementsinto a process that takes a few minutes. Yourerosion machine is available sooner; scrap due tobest-fit problems is a thing of the past.

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Integration in a CIM environmentFACS (Flexible Automation and Control System)is the ideal solution – particularly when you needto take samples from current production. Thissoftware merges different metrology solutionsinto a uniform user interface. Building on threestandard solutions, you can individually adjustFACS to meet your needs.

Variable control of the measurement procedureTime is money. PCM enables you to rationalizeand streamline your measurement procedures.For example, you can inspect several variationsof a workpiece with just one measurement procedure, or logically design an automatedmeasurement.

Measure with a push of a buttonEven users who are not familiar with CALYPSOcan carry out automated surface measurementswith AutoRun. Particularly practical for everydayuse: you can even have several measurementsautomatically processed in a defined sequence.

Determining measuring uncertaintyWith OVCMM (Offline Virtual Coordinate Mea-suring Machine), you can automatically determinethe measuring uncertainty of each characteristicfor the first time. The uncertainty is displayed asa direct comparison next to the actual measuringdata in the protocol.

Integration with FACS Determination of measuring uncertainty with OVCMM

Automation with AutoRun

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