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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

 

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