CMM moving path adjustment assisting method and apparatus

A CMM moving path adjustment assisting method that assists adjustment for a movement path of a probe in a coordinate measuring system, the coordinate measuring system comprising:

• a coordinate measuring machine that includes the probe having a probe tip at a tip thereof for detecting a surface of an object to be measured, and a movable frame for moving the probe, and measures a shape of the object to be measured by allowing the probe tip to scan the surface of the object to be measured;
• and a controller that controls operation of the coordinate measuring machine, the method comprising:
• calculating, by the controller, a scanning path for allowing the probe tip to perform scanning movement along the surface of the object to be measured;
• calculating, by the controller, the movement path followed by the probe when the probe tip moves along the scanning path;
• setting, by the controller, control points associated with each position of the probe tip on the scanning path and each position of the probe corresponding to each position of the probe tip;
• and
• accepting, by the controller, a change in position of the control points by a user, and changing the movement path according to the change in position of the control points,
• wherein:
• the controller provides an adjustment guide that allows a plurality of the control points to move collectively,
• the adjustment guide is a guide line corresponding to a single straight line connecting the plurality of control points, and
• upon receiving an input for operating the guide line, the controller causes the plurality of control points to move collectively according to a movement of the guide line.