Patent ID: 7415775

Claim:
A method for measuring coordinates of points by a coordinate measuring machine equipped with an orientable probe which comprises: a support element fastened to a mobile arm of the measuring machine; a first mobile element connected with said support element and capable of turning around a first axis relative to said support element; a second mobile element connected with said first mobile element capable of turning around a second axis relative to said first mobile element; and a probe feeler, of elongated shape, united to said second mobile element; the method comprising the steps of: positioning and orienting the probe feeler according to an initial position and an initial direction in space; performing partial rotations of said first mobile element and second mobile element, wherein the probe feeler takes up a position shifted a distance in a direction of a vector parallel to said first axis from the initial position, thereby resulting in said probe feeler being oriented in said initial direction bringing the feeler in contact with a point to measure the coordinates of the point.