Generation of measurement strategy for measuring a measurement object

An apparatus for determining a measurement strategy for measuring a measurement object using a coordinate measuring machine, the apparatus comprising:

• a storage device configured to store instructions;
• and
• a data processing device configured to execute the instructions,
• wherein the instructions include:
• identifying a measurement rule set including one or more measurement rules, wherein each measurement rule of the measurement rule set:
• (i) includes at least one respective rule-specific test criterion corresponding to the measurement rule, wherein the at least one respective rule-specific test criterion is used to assess correspondence of the measurement rule to a respective test element, wherein the respective test element is associated with a geometric element of the measurement object that is measured by the coordinate measuring machine,
• (ii) defines a set of parameters for measuring the respective test element, wherein the set of parameters includes:
• a speed of a relative movement between the measurement object and a sensor of the coordinate measuring machine, and
• at least one of a number of measurement points to be generated by the sensor, and
• a number of measurement trajectories to be traversed by the sensor, and
• (iii) controls operation of the coordinate measuring machine to measure the respective test element;
• determining a test element of the measurement object;
• executing an automated test that evaluates the test element with respect to at least one measurement rule of the measurement rule set to determine whether an applicable measurement rule for the test element is present in the measurement rule set, wherein evaluating the test element with respect to a selected measurement rule includes comparing the test element to the at least one respective rule-specific test criterion of the selected measurement rule;
• in response to the automated test determining that the applicable measurement rule is absent from the measurement rule set:
• selecting a similar measurement rule from the measurement rule set,
• determining a new measurement rule based on the similar measurement rule, and
• using the new measurement rule as the applicable measurement rule;
• generating a different measurement strategy for the coordinate measuring machine by at least one of:
• adding the applicable measurement rule to a new measurement strategy to generate the different measurement strategy, and
• altering a measurement rule of an existing measurement strategy based on the applicable measurement rule to generate the different measurement strategy;
• and
• after executing the automated test and generating the different measurement strategy, controlling the coordinate measuring machine to measure the measurement object according to the different measurement strategy, wherein operation of the coordinate measuring machine according to the different measurement strategy is altered in comparison with the existing measurement strategy.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for measuring a measurement object using a coordinate measuring machine, the instructions including:

• identifying a measurement rule set including one or more measurement rules, wherein each measurement rule of the measurement rule set:
• (i) includes at least one respective rule-specific test criterion corresponding to the measurement rule, wherein the at least one respective rule-specific test criterion is used to assess correspondence of the measurement rule to a respective test element, wherein the respective test element is associated with a geometric element of the measurement object that is measured by the coordinate measuring machine,
• (ii) defines a set of parameters for measuring the respective test element, wherein the set of parameters includes:
• a speed of a relative movement between the measurement object and a sensor of the coordinate measuring machine, and
• at least one of:
• a number of measurement points to be generated by the sensor, and
• a number of measurement trajectories to be traversed by the sensor, and
• (iii) controls operation of the coordinate measuring machine to measure the respective test element;
• determining a test element of a measurement object;
• executing an automated test that evaluates the test element with respect to at least one measurement rule of the measurement rule set to determine whether an applicable measurement rule for the test element is present in the measurement rule set, wherein evaluating the test element with respect to a selected measurement rule includes comparing the test element to the at least one respective rule-specific test criterion of the selected measurement rule;
• in response to the automated test determining that the applicable measurement rule is absent from the measurement rule set:
• selecting a similar measurement rule from the measurement rule set,
• determining a new measurement rule based on the similar measurement rule, and
• using the new measurement rule as the applicable measurement rule;
• generating a different measurement strategy for the coordinate measuring machine by at least one of:
• adding the applicable measurement rule to a new measurement strategy to generate the different measurement strategy, and
• altering a measurement rule of an existing measurement strategy based on the applicable measurement rule to generate the different measurement strategy;
• and
• after executing the automated test and generating the different measurement strategy, controlling the coordinate measuring machine to measure the measurement object according to the different measurement strategy, wherein operation of the coordinate measuring machine according to the different measurement strategy is altered in comparison with the existing measurement strategy.