Ok. I know where to find the alignment options and I know I need to align my pieces everytime I'm creating a new program.
What I don't know is how to choose the proper alignment option (3-2-1? iterative??).
I know how to create a 3-2-1 alignment and so far, I find it super easy to use when I have a piece that clearly has a surface, a straight "wall" or side and another similar side on which to create a point. But what if my piece doesn't have any or some of these features? What if it's for example a cylinder? Or what if it's a piece with no visible areas on which to create a line to rotate to?
In those cases I don't really know what to do. One time I used a 3-2-1 alignment and the results were fine but another time I tried the same thing and results were not similar in any way to the nominals. So I just want to know if there's a "standard" way to measure pieces that do not look like a block or cube or what are the steps to follow in order to create a proper alignment?
Thank you.
EDIT:
important questions I have: do I always need a line for rotation? Do the features I use for the alignment always have to have different vectors? What if I want to use X circles as the features for the alignment? Do any of these questions make sense?
What I don't know is how to choose the proper alignment option (3-2-1? iterative??).
I know how to create a 3-2-1 alignment and so far, I find it super easy to use when I have a piece that clearly has a surface, a straight "wall" or side and another similar side on which to create a point. But what if my piece doesn't have any or some of these features? What if it's for example a cylinder? Or what if it's a piece with no visible areas on which to create a line to rotate to?
In those cases I don't really know what to do. One time I used a 3-2-1 alignment and the results were fine but another time I tried the same thing and results were not similar in any way to the nominals. So I just want to know if there's a "standard" way to measure pieces that do not look like a block or cube or what are the steps to follow in order to create a proper alignment?
Thank you.
EDIT:
important questions I have: do I always need a line for rotation? Do the features I use for the alignment always have to have different vectors? What if I want to use X circles as the features for the alignment? Do any of these questions make sense?
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