摘要 |
A method is described for analysing probe data collected by a scanning probe (4) carried by a machine tool. The probe data is collected as the machine tool moves or scans the scanning probe (4) along a scan path (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, Q1, Q2) relative to a workpiece (6;40;140;240). The method comprises a step of identifying a property of the scan path used by the machine tool from a characteristic of the collected probe data.In this manner, the scan path can be identified from the probe data alone without having to receive any position data from the machine tool. |