Copilot Pro® is a method for the initial and regular machine-tools setup,
developed by the Symme laboratory of the Savoy University and by the Technical
Center of Industries of Screw-machining (Ctdec) in France. Its first step is the
organization of the different machining operations, in setup steps, themselves subdivided
into measuring steps. The second step consists in determining the manufacturing dimensions
to measure at the end of each measuring step. Finally, the third step consists in linking
the manufacturing dimensions to both the correctors and the tool-dimensions, in the aim of
calculating the corrections that have to be done in function of the deviations measured on
the manufacturing dimensions. With this method, the steering of an industrial workpiece is
performed with two steering parts instead of ten before.