[To...] Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago Below is a simple profile from the OD of a cylindrical part. The view is from the X/Z plane. It contains a mix of cones and tori. The cones are controlled with angular tolerances and gage dia's or gage lengths. The tori have radius tolerances. Measuring cones takes a long time to scan but don't tell you much. And the radii have such short arc segments can be problematic for consistency. Often, I will create a curve so I can plot a graph to help build confidence in the shape of the profile. From the curve, I can create lines and circles by windowing selected points from the curve, so I don't have to measure things twice. Note: I did not use a curve in the example below. In the past, I have created 3 copies of the curve and rotated the curves by 90, 180 and 270 degrees about Z so I can create the cones from 4 lines but I have to manually re-create the windows for capturing the points at the new lines. This can be a time-killer on parts with more features. Is there a trick to having the windows rotate along with the lines? No PCM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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