Method of making coordinate measurements on workpieces

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP93/02523 Sec. 371 Date May 25, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date May 25, 1994 PCT Filed Sep. 17, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/08205 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 1994A coordinate measuring apparatus carries a video camera 6 and a mechanical probe head 7 having a probe element 8 for contact-measuring the workpiece surface. With the aid of the coordinate measuring apparatus, the locations on the workpiece 9 to be mechanically contacted are driven to under visual control with the aid of the monitor 10 connected to the video camera. For this purpose, the probe element 8 is located in the viewing field of the video camera 6.