[Ja...] Posted yesterday at 02:45 PM Share Posted yesterday at 02:45 PM I’m not understanding how the new GD&T engine functions when doing a best fit. It’s putting the center of the bolt circle out in left field somewhere so when you look at the nominals they’re not even in the ballpark. I can go into the special functions and offset each feature back to where it’s supposed to be according to the print, but then the actuals really aren’t going to be respective of the best fit. What am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ha...] Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago (edited) Are the actual results showing large positional deviations, or is it just the nominals not matching the print specifications? Edited 20 hours ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ja...] Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago In the picture below, you'll see Calypso thinks the center of the bolt pattern is located a couple inches above and slightly behind the highest bolt hole in the pattern. Consequently on the report (bottom picture), the nominals are way out in left field. The amount of deviation looks to be correct but when the program actually runs, we won't be able to tell which hole is off, what direction, and how much. The machinist won't have the required information to make the adjustments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ri...] Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago It goes to the center of the DRF. If you only have a Plane as the Primary, then it will go to the center of the plane. Very annoying indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ja...] Posted 1 hour ago Author Share Posted 1 hour ago Any way to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ri...] Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago None that I'm aware of, short of putting a bogus secondary datum in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Ja...] Posted 20 minutes ago Author Share Posted 20 minutes ago Ya, that's what I thought. I'm going to use the constructed bolt circle as the center. Although it won't be a true best fit, it should get me reasonably close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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