Generation of Measurement Strategy for Measuring a Measurement Object

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions including:

• identifying a measurement rule set including one or more measurement rules, wherein:
• each measurement rule of the measurement rule set includes at least one respective rule-specific test criterion corresponding to the measurement rule,
• the at least one respective rule-specific test criterion is used to assess correspondence of the measurement rule to a respective test element, and
• the respective test element is associated with a geometric element of a measurement object that is measured by a coordinate measuring machine;
• 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 is identified in the measurement rule set;
• in response to identification of the applicable measurement rule, generating a different measurement strategy by at least one of (i) adding an applicable measurement rule to a first new measurement strategy or (ii) altering a test element-specific measurement rule of an existing measurement strategy;
• in response to the applicable measurement rule not being identified, determining a new measurement rule by evaluating the measurement rule set and generating the different measurement strategy by adding the new measurement rule to a second new measurement strategy, wherein the new measurement rule defines at least one parameter for measuring the test element;
• and
• controlling the coordinate measuring machine to measure the measurement object according to the different measurement strategy.

A system for determining a strategy for measuring a measurement object using a coordinate measuring machine, the system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform:
• identifying a measurement rule set including one or more measurement rules, wherein:
• each measurement rule of the measurement rule set includes at least one respective rule-specific test criterion corresponding to the measurement rule,
• the at least one respective rule-specific test criterion is used to assess correspondence of the measurement rule to a respective test element, and
• the respective test element is associated with a geometric element of a measurement object that is measured by a coordinate measuring machine;
• 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 is identified in the measurement rule set;
• in response to identification of the applicable measurement rule, generating a different measurement strategy by at least one of (i) adding an applicable measurement rule to a first new measurement strategy or (ii) altering a test element-specific measurement rule of an existing measurement strategy;
• in response to the applicable measurement rule not being identified, determining a new measurement rule by evaluating the measurement rule set and generating the different measurement strategy by adding the new measurement rule to a second new measurement strategy, wherein the new measurement rule defines at least one parameter for measuring the test element;
• and
• controlling the coordinate measuring machine to measure the measurement object according to the different measurement strategy.