[Ko...] Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Hello everyone, I need your help in order to measure the length of the side of the cone with the CMM. I received a new drawing from the customer and there is a 0.5mm length call out which is from the intersection of the through hole and a 90° angle to the intersection of the 120° angle and the 90° angle as you can see on the drawing. Thank you in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Cl...] Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 There are a few ways to do this. One would be to probe three lines (One on each angled surface) and intersect them. For example. Probe a 2d line on top of the left cylinder. Probe the second line up the short surface of the 60° surface. Probe the third line up the 45° surface. Intersect the first line with second and the second with third. Create a local alignment using the first intersection (XYZ origin) Use the second intersection as the planar rotation. Now do a point-to-point distance referencing that local alignment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ry...] Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 You can also create a cylinder and 2 cones on the 45° & 60° surface. pull the cylinder and 45° cone into an intersection & make sure the "shell" checkbox is selected on for both. Do the same with the 45° cone and the 60° cone. You will now have 2 circles that you can grab a distance with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ko...] Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 Thank you Clarke for your assistance. I created the lines and the intersection points. For measuring the length I used the polar distance using the 45° angle as my primary datum. I do not have parts to measure yet but it seems that it will work. Thanks again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ko...] Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 Please sign in to view this quote. Hello Ryan and thank you for taking the time to review and replay to my question. I have created the intersections but I am not sure how I can check the distance which is oriented at an angle. Could you please help me on this? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ry...] Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Please sign in to view this quote. Oh, I did not catch that the leader lines were along the length on the angle of the 45deg surface. Typically when countersinks are dimensioned on drawings, they are parallel/horizontal to the axis of the feature. I would use the method that clarke mentioned for this dimension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[To...] Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 (edited) Another post that can't be deleted. Edited May 23 Because I can't delete this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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