Positioning a Model

[[Ma...]]

I know this was covered in the old version of the forum but I am not able to locate it. I have loaded an updated CAD model and I want to orientate it to the exact position of the existing model. The instructions seem pretty straight forward using one point, two points, three faces, etc. Whenever I try to take the first point on the model to be positioned the whole model is highlighted not just point or plane. I can manually move it and get it close but never know if it is exactly where it needs to be. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[[Ow...]]

Have you tried going to Cad, Cad File and selecting Automatic Healing?Some times that helps.

Other than that, make sure you've got correct cad selection tab selected for the type of feature you're trying to create, this is found as the 1st menu with a drop-down list at the left bottom of the cad screen.

To position or align the model:
Click on the model and create features on the features that you use in your base alignment.
Go to cad, modification, cad model transformation
click on the feature that is your X (the one you just created off the model) and take the dimension from its x and input it in the transformation X window (not rotation ) and if the feature has a x positive, put the number in as x -negative and counter if X neg, put x positive.
Then do that for each Y and Z and the model should move to the trihegon.
If it needs rotated you may have to select faces and see what the A1 and A2 angle is and adjust accordingly , or use/recall a 2d line between features to get the angle

[[Ri...]]

I have found the easiest way to replace an old model with a new one is to start with a entirely new program. Load the new model and create a BA on that model that is identical to the BA on the old model. Go to CAD/Cad file/Save and save the new model as "new model". Now go to the part program with the old model and go to CAD/View/Delete. This will remove the old model. Go to CAD/Cad File/Load and load new model.sat . Calypso will place the new model on top of the old model's origin. Now go to CAD/Cad File/CAD Model Comparison and click on the Comparison button. Highlight everything on the list that shows up and Apply. That should do it.

[[Ma...]]

I was able to use Richard's method only I used the positioning tab in the Modify CAD Entities in the CAD dropdown. If the models are nearly identical is it necessary to do the CAD model comparison? Thank you for the assistance.

[[Ri...]]

It is necessary. Without doing so it only looks like the paths and points are tied to the model.

[[Me...]]

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This is how I've always done it. For whatever reason, using model transformation seemed counter intuitive to me. Why do all that work to try to replicate a base alignment, when you can literally just recreate the base alignment and use that model?

[[Ma...]]

Thanks for your help with this. Real quick on the CAD Model Comparison, a handful of features came up under "Features outside of tolerance" and were reported as "not found". I'm not sure why I'm seeing this or what it means.