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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2000
Thomas Guth, Böbingen, DE;
Bernd Czepan, Heidenheim, DE;
Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Oberkochen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a coordinate measurement device comprising a stylus ( ) which can be displaced in the coordinate directions (x, y, z) for sampling a workpiece ( ), a mechanism ( ) with drive units by means of which the stylus can be moved and a control unit ( ) for controlling the mechanism. To define the points (pk ) to be sampled on the workpiece, parameters of geometric elements (k k e e ) and parameters of the points (pk pk pe pe ) to be sampled on the corresponding geometric elements are memorized. To be able to modify the measurement sequence of such a coordinate measurement device more easily, the invention provides for the parameters of the points (pk ) to be sampled on a particular geometric element to be memorized separately in relation to a coordinate system (xk yk zk ) which is specific to the corresponding geornetric element (k ).