[Lo...] Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Hello everyone, I just ran a part that was previously programmed. I did a manual alignment and it ran perfectly. My question is. How can I set this as so I don't have to do this for every part? I would like to just set the part down and run them without always doing an manual alignment. Thanks, Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Gr...] Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 It is critical you place the parts in the same location you have used for manual alignment. Open Start Measurement and at left under Selection you will see a pull down menu. Select the Arrow and you will see all the alignments that have been used Select the Base Alignment as it relates to the part. The data in that alignment are the features as you measured them under the manual Alignment. You can just hit start and the program will run using the original manual alignment features as I stated earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ro...] Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Its probably just what Gregory said, select the 3rd option down in the dropdown box that contains the manual alignment selection. However, make sure in your base alignment toolbox the "Manual align" is NOT SELECTED, if it is then you will be prompted to do a manual alignment every time no matter what you have selected in your launch window.fgdjhkfgdjhkfgdjhkfgdjhk.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Gr...] Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Thanks Roberto. Forgot about that checkbox in the base alignment. Greg K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Lo...] Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 Thank you. I had manual alignment selected. I unchecked it, clicked current alignment after I did the manual alignment and it worked great. Thank you! Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ro...] Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 'Current' is dangerous. Current skips the manual alignment, so any distances from your base alignment or GD&T from your base alignment will be calculated from the features on the last part you aligned. Current is fine for high volume sorting (need to check 200 parts for a diameter) but for normal runs i would always suggest using the standard alignment, 3rd selection from the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[To...] Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Please sign in to view this quote. One might argue that as long as you don't use X, Y or Z characteristics and your GD&T characteristics reference actual datum features and not the Base Alignment, you should have no problems with current alignment. I know many people use the default Base Alignment choice in the Position window because they set up their base alignment using the datum features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ow...] Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I believe "current alignment" is highlighted in "caution" yellow for a reason. Just saying 😐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Jo...] Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Please sign in to view this quote. Current alignment is like getting to work and saying " I'll park where I was yesterday" If you backed out of the spot and came back, you're NOT in the same spot. Biggest problem is you are driving the probe to positions that are off target, location and vector.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ra...] Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 What's the deal with listing current alignment and every other program alignment in the selection? Everyone I try to explain it to is confused about it. Seems like it would be better if the choices were manual, CNC, or special. Special being for those other alignments that I don't even know what good they are for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ma...] Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I use Current Alignment primarily while editing new or existing programs. If the part hasn't moved it makes it easy to run just one feature. Otherwise if working with a fixture that I know hasn't moved I use Base Alignment (CNC) with a loop. If not working with any type of fixture then the manual alignment is a must. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Jo...] Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 it isn't something I use, but you could have a type of alignment that works for multiple programs or recall another alignment. It looks like that list is populated from the base systems folder. Maybe expert class covers this ? also "program name" alignment and "program name" cnc alignment are different as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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