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Hole position calculation interpretation


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  • 3 weeks later...
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Remember that the primary datum in every single case sets the orientation of the coordinate system and therefore all tolerance zones. The X value in the feature is the location of the feature origin on the X axis in whatever alignment you're using.

The x value in the position is measured parallel (or perpendicular, or at some specified basic angle, I can't tell) to the primary datum, not your alignment.  It looks like that datum might be a derived centerplane which could make it virtually impossible to orient correctly on a surface plate.

I'd use a CMM for this 😁

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Filters and outliers also play a part. If you're just using the Calypso defaults, then the raw data in the feature isn't getting filtered, and the characteristic is getting a random preset value. The majority of the time, proper filtering often doesn't make a big difference however the more form error there is in a feature, the bigger the impact. I've personally seen it make as much as 0.018+" (0.457mm) difference, although most of the time it's somewhere between 0 - 0.0015" (0 - 0.038mm).

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