no idea what a tracer is... under 30 here. This is a waterjet application with a robot bringing the part to the probe and the jet nozzle. also what do you mean by an indicator?

I have come up with a method to measure the value of my "electronic probe radius" by measuring a block with a known value in one direction (axis X) . Basically if my block is 75 mm and i measure the front and I get a value of 500 and i measure the back and i get a value of 584.98, i can then subtract the 2 numbers and get 84.98 subtract my block from that(75mm) = 9.98 for a diameter. My question is should there be a different value for x and y? or should they be the same? I also am yet to come up with a solution to find the electronic probe length. Thank you, Austen

I am currently using a Renishaw LP2DD probe with a stylus that is 100mm in length and has a 10mm ruby ball, the shaft is 4mm. My search speed is 10mm/s. I am using an external kinematic system with a part mounted onto the system, the probe is fixed. I cut my part and I am .017" off in my x direction and .015" in my Y direction. I am currently using no probe deflection offset. Is there a way to calculate this with out using CMM software? Thank you for you help -Austen