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Strategy for these Radii without curve?


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Hello all!
I am having a bit of problem coming up with a strategy to scan the two deceptively easy looking radii in the corners of these small diameter parts I am currently inspecting.

It's looks to be a nice easy run straight across the X-axis, and a nice straight plunge in from Negative-Y.
No problem! 1657_e770c6b5e24f665b0bfab29c79638a33.jpg
But when you look top-down, there is movement along the Y axis as you translate along X.
This part is smaller than 1" in dia, so I have very little surface area to scan. 1657_13980cdddff5a88c49bb358dac007fd5.jpg

from this view you can see you have to interpolate all three axii as you move along the perimeter into the radii. 1657_433cc67b81996dfe6edbf37152670525.jpg

What would be the best approach to scenario without the luxury of having curve to generate my toolpath here?

Thank you all!
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When you extract the feature, is it a cylinder? If so, in the strategy window, there is an icon on the top right, called Define Set Point. Under Generate path. select Single Points. Zoom way in and start placing points along the surface you want to scan. If you don't like what you see, click Delete and try again. If you do like what you see, click Create Point Set. Close the Point Set window and now you'll see a Point Set in your strategy. If you double-click on it you can set your speed and number of points or step width.

You can also use Define Circle on Cylinder and click on the surface but there is no Point Set option. However, you can click points on the surface with your mouse even though they're not on the circle.
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Works flawlessly!
That little hint will help solve a plethora of other future scanning scenarios.
Thank you!
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