Point Set

[[Ke...]]

I'm trying to grab data to export for use in CAD.
The graphic looks like the values are offset... I'm presuming, by 1/2 the probe diameter.
Is there a setting that I'm missing?
What is the best way to export points in VDA?

Thanks!

[[Ro...]]

Hi Keith,
What's your end goal in the CAD program? Sorry to answer your question with a question, but if I know what your trying to achieve I may be able to better answer your question.

[[Ke...]]

Well... Short story, long:
if you zoom in on the 2d lines, you can see that they flare out at the bottom. The engineer wants to know the intersection point; BUT, since the parts are inconsistant, I cannot get accurate kink points, from part to part. The goal is to be able to export the points, so that they can be pulled into CAD, for evaluation,
I noticed that I can manually select individual points in the Point Set, so I'm actually doing this myself, in Calypso.
So, now, I just want to be able to export points that represent the part, when they are pulled into CAD (for future reference)

[[Ro...]]

I'll try not to go too far down the rabbit hole...

If you export a point cloud from Calypso of multiple features and import it into a CAD program like SW, for example, you'll get a blob of points with no actual lines, planes, circles, etc. Honestly, it's almost useless, because they're not parametric and aren't even features in the CAD program. Someone would need to create features in the CAD program by selecting individual/sets of points and creating features from them. With a blob of points in multiple axis' this can be incredibly time consuming and tedious.

I normally export individual features as text files with actuals, no vectors, and contact points, and bring each one into SW separately as a spline feature through the points when I import it. Then I at least have an actual feature in SW. In realty, if you want to create a CAD model from them, you usually end up just using them as a guide to create parametric features from and get rid of the points later.

I prefer text files over the other formats because they're clean, easy to edit, and don't have header information like VDA files. But that's just a personal preference. Here's a screen shot of what I'm talking about...

[[Ke...]]

Ah, that makes sense.
Very helpful, thank you!