Pin calcualtion w/cones

[Kym McDaniel]

Hello, hopefully someone else has gone through what I have and can PLEASE help me. I am trying to calculate some pin angles on a part using the cone feature. When I measure the auto cone it gives be an error saying "Unable to best fit error". Why won't the cone calculate? Is there another way to get an angle read out w/o using the cone feature? I know I could probably check two circles and trig the angle out within the program, but shouldn't there be an easier way? Thank-you!!!

[JamesMannes]

Auto-cone works best with 3 levels(I use 3 levels and 5 points). If your print does not state "included" angle and you want just the cone/2 here is how I do it...


FEAT199_1 =AUTO/CONE,SHOWALLPARAMS = NO,SHOWHITS = NO
THEO/40,0,0,1,0,0,13.25,20
ACTL/40.005,0.004,0.004,0.9999697,-0.0021205,0.0074843,12.94,18.825
TARG/40,0,0,1,0,0

DIM ITEM202_1= LOCATION OF CONE FEAT199_1 UNITS=MM ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=1.00 OUTPUT=NONE
AX MEAS NOMINAL +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
A 18.825 20.000 0.250 0.250 -1.175 0.925 <--
END OF DIMENSION ITEM202_1

ASSIGN/V2 = ITEM202_1.A.MEAS/2

FEAT202 =GENERIC/CONE,DEPENDENT,RECT,IN,$
NOM/XYZ,0,0,0,$
MEAS/XYZ,0,0,0,$
NOM/IJK,1,0,0,$
MEAS/IJK,1,0,0,$
DISTANCE/0,0,$
ANGLE/10,V2

DIM ITEM202= LOCATION OF CONE FEAT202 UNITS=MM ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=1.00 OUTPUT=BOTH
AX MEAS NOMINAL +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
A 9.413 10.000 0.500 0.500 -0.587 0.087 <--
END OF DIMENSION ITEM202

[John Kingston]

I'd post my method, but it is like just like James'. I use vector points sometimes and create the cone from those. This is because I need mulitple tips for accessabilty reasons.