Configuring the CMM in the collection
Prerequisites
- Access to the Management > Collection tracking (SP004) menu.
- Previously created CMM template.
- Previously created data collection.
Introduction
The coordinate-measuring machine is a tool that allows measuring the tridimensional geometric aspects of a part.
To do so, it is possible to associate and configure a CMM file in a collection.
See below the steps for this configuration.
Configuring the CMM in the collection
1. Access the Management > Collection tracking (SP004) menu.
2. Select the collection in which the CMM will be configured.
3. Click on the 
button.
4. On the screen that will be opened, check the CMM option.
5. In the Template field, select a CMM file.
6. Then, select the import mode between Sample and Reading.
Further details on import modes
Sample: Each new correspondence in the file generates a new sample in the collection. If the sample has a configured subgroup (more than one reading), only the first reading will be filled out.
Reading: Each new correspondence in the file generates a new reading in the collection sample. If the sample has a configured subgroup (more than one reading), the readings are filled out in sequence and a new sample is started when the reading total is reached.
7. Now, in the Associations section, click on the 
button.
8. On the next screen, select the data type.
Available data
Attributes: This data fills out the attributes of the collection sample.
Characteristic: Data responsible for generating readings and samples for the configured characteristic
Machine: Data that fills out the sample machine based on the machine ID # from the SoftExpert Asset component.
Operator: Data that fills out the sample operator based on the user ID # from the SoftExpert Administration component.
Inspector: Data that fills out the sample inspector based on the user ID # from the SoftExpert Administration component.
Gage: Data that fills out the sample gage based on the gage ID # from the SoftExpert Asset component.
Shift: Data that fills out the sample shift based on the shift ID # from the SoftExpert SPC component.
Lot: Fills out the sample lot, with free text.
MO: Fills out the manufacturing order #.
9. Select the Characteristic and Association that correspond to the CMM file.
10. After doing that, click on the 
button.
Conclusion
The necessary configuration to acquire CMM data has been finished. The next step is to import data from the files generated by the CMM. Refer to the Importing CMM files article for further details on the import process.