Hypothetical Experiment - Recall Feature Points

[[Aa...]]

Okay, I'm trying to set up a program so that all the points in the .zmp file are in the coordinate system of the machine. If I create a copy of each feature with a " - machineCoord" tag on the end of the name, and change it's coordinate system to an alignment "Machine", based on the CMM Alignment, and with no features included or transformations, and then "Recall Feature Points" from the original feature in the Base Alignment without adjusting the nominal geometry, what would that do?

[[Me...]]

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Generate a duplicate file in the "geoactuals" folder with a different name.....

Are you just needing a file for each feature where the measured points are represented in machine coordinates?

[[Aa...]]

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Yes, that's what I'm trying to accomplish with this. Does anyone know what the numbers in the "scbada" lines of the geoactuals files represent?

[[Me...]]

Best I can tell is that those lines are used for assigning points to the appropriate path within the strategy. Discrete points will have a line for each measured point and scanning paths will have one line for each.


I would say that the best option for you is to use the writeActualsToFile() function in order to have the measured points exported in machine coordinates. You can do this without having the PCM option using a result element or text element. If you don't have PCM and would like to have an external PCM file execute the code, send me a PM and I'll tell you how to do it..