Abstract: The invention relates to a coordinate measuring device for measuring workpieces (7). Said device comprises at least one scanning pin (12) which can be fixed to a scanning head (5) which can be displaced in the direction of the coordinates (x, y, z). Said scanning pin or scanning pins (12) comprise shanks (14a to 14c) to which ends a scanning body (13a to 13c) is fixed, at least two of said scanning shanks being differently oriented when the scanning pin (12) or pins concerned are conventionally fixed to the scanning head (5). The inventive device also comprises a control and evaluation unit (9) for controlling the course of measurement and for evaluating the measuring points thus recorded.

Abstract: The electronic system (20) of the probe head of a coordinate measuring machine permits the digital setting of parameters which determine the nature and manner of signal processing, such as trigger levels, the characteristic of frequency filters, and time intervals between several coherent probe signal pulses. Different parameter combinations are stored together in data files which can be called up in accordance with the selected measurement task or in accordance with the probe configuration which has been installed in probe head.