Thanks again len It was a basic mistake now i have become more familiar with the software I had not alterered the CMM configutartion to the new probe size and therefore the archives for that probe were not loaded. All sorted now ..but still struggling due to lack of training Phill

Thanks len. I had figures the probe importance out as well. One issue i had was that a probe programe has been generated but the different angles positions are not as stated on the spec. I calibrated the probe and it wtill kept crashing into the job. Trying to figure out a wat of editing as it doesnt seem easy. All the jobs i have run have quite a good set up with photos and arrows pointing at the various places to touch to set the job up. It sjust that even when doing that a lot of jobs dont run correctly. Anyway thank you fot the info. Hope to get on a course soon as i will really enoy it when i can sort issues out for myself Phill

HI and thanks for looking at my post I have 20+ years experience with Cmms but never used an auto Cmm or Mcosmos before. I am working for a 1st Tier automotive company who have a Mitutoyo Euro C 574 auto machine and Mcosmos software and Gepoack Most of the parts are cad designed but are mainly curved and not many straight lines. I have asked to go on a course but the managment are dithering, cost etc etc. I know all the arguments re money well spent etc The main issue i am having is that a lot of the progammes have already been written by someone else. When i try to run them more often than not it doesnt work as the probes collide with the job or alternatively cannot find the workpiece even after i have run through teh set up which is usually well designed with pictures etc. I think its a basic error but i am struggling to comeplete a job and i have only been here a couple of months. A job i did today crashed becoase the probe seemed to be in the wrong orientation. I found that the probe positions in th calibration sequence that had been done for the job were not correct as stated in the notepad list attached to the probes details. I tried to edit the list to put the right orientiations in but couldnt. Is there a basic few poitners anyone can give me for setting up and running jobs that most be done first for it to work ? I think i am nissing soimething stoopid. we only use 0.7 and 0.5mm dia probes at the moment manually changed Help please. Thanks Phill Birmingham and the black country