CMM data enables you to program header notes for the measurement's applicable balloon reference so that it can be identified automatically by CMMXpert, which eliminates the need to manually search for matching CMM results.  This section details how to automate your CMM output.

 

PPAP/FAI identification information must be enclosed between square brackets [ ] as a note just before the measurement results.  (Or the character defined in the Template settings as blueprint identification markers.) 

 

For example:

 

[ITEM 22]

 

DIM D7= 2D ANGLE FROM LINE LN22 TO XAXIS

 

          

Inside the square brackets, four types of information can be contained, which should be delimited by commas.

 

[ITEM ID,AXIS,MEASUREMENT NOTE,SPECIFICATION NOTE]

 

Example:  [ITEM 12,TP,AT 18.0 DIM. (ITEM 1),TP0.5m|Am| 2 PLACES]

 

•The first location identifies the item (balloon) number from your file.  The location must be identified with the word "item" (e.g. ITEM 12), or the word must be defined in the Template settings under blueprint identification markers.)

•The second location identifies the axis to which the item number relates (e.g. TP).  The second location is OPTIONAL but only if there is just one axis reported in the CMM report for that measurement (as shown above).

•The third location identifies any notes you want conveyed in your report for the measurement result such as the actual (e.g. AT 18.0 DIM. (ITEM 1).  The third location is also OPTIONAL.

•The fourth location identifies any notes you want conveyed in your report for the specification such as nominal information or any GD&T feature control frames you want reported.  The fourth location is OPTIONAL.

 

The simplest format is to just identify the item number and not have any specification or measurement notes to add.  This format without an axis identification can only be used if there is only one axis being reported. 

 

For example:

 

[ITEM 22]

 

DIM D7= 2D ANGLE FROM LINE LN22 TO XAXIS

 

 

The resulting PPAP would look like this:

 

 

 

When there is more than one axis being reported, the axis must be identified in the second location. 

 

For example:

 

[ITEM 16,X]

 

DIM D14= LOCATION OF CIRCLE DIA16A

 

 

The resulting PPAP would look like this:

 

 

 

If you have 3 items being reported and you are not including any specification or measurement notes, give each item identification its own line. 

 

For example:

 

[ITEM 16,X]

 

[ITEM 18,D]

 

[ITEM 14,Z]

 

DIM D14= LOCATION OF CIRCLE DIA16A

 

          

The resulting PPAP would look like this: