CPC G01B 5/008 (2013.01) [G01B 11/005 (2013.01); G01B 21/045 (2013.01); G01B 21/047 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of efficiently measuring an object having a feature, the feature having a plurality of profiles each having a surface, the method comprising:
providing a coordinate measuring machine having a wrist coupled with a measuring probe, the probe having a tolerance angle with respect to a surface normal of a surface to be measured, the wrist having a first given orientation that is adjustable to a second given orientation;
segmenting an object to be measured into a plurality of segments as a function of a wrist orientation that can be used to measure a given segment within the tolerance;
determining a first group of segments that can be measured within the probe tolerance using a first ideal vector; and
determining a second group of segments that can be measured within the probe tolerance using a second ideal vector.
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