Intersection Point

[[Na...]]

Hello All,

I'm trying to create an intersection point between a circle and a line, but I keep getting an error when I try to do so. I'm new to Calypso and don't yet know many of the tricks of the trade. I'm not sure if the circle scan has to move toward the line scan or not (or how to change the direction of a scan). If someone could point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[[No...]]

It would be helpful to know the exact error message. A common issue is when circle and line don't intersect at all. The scanning direction is not important, as the intersection happens between the fitting elements.

[[ni...]]

you can try intersection between circle and plan

[[Ri...]]

On the 2d vision side of things, they tend to intersection with no issues, but in the 3d probing world, they tend to never intersect.

A common tool I've used is Curve. You can trace your Curve that would include where the Circle and 2d Line are, then you would need to extract the Circle and 2d Line from the model (from the section), convert the Circle and 2d Line to Theoretical Features (we only need their nominals), then finally use the Kink Point. There are times where I have to flip the order of Feature 1 and Feature 2 to get it to intersect properly.

This doesn't work 100% of the time, but I've had very good success with this tool/strategy over the years.

[[Jo...]]

another workaround when using simple lines is to project them onto a plane(even theoretical) so they intersect. The issue with line and circle still may not work if being close to tangent. The intersection may not be there..or it may cross the circle twice.