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  • #1

    Angles

    2 measured lines should be 20°. PC-DMIS shows, when I add the dimension, the nominal of 20° however when this is output onto the report the dimension is either 270°, 70°, sometimes 340° and shown OOT.

    I cannot for the life of me get this to just report the plain old 20°.

    I've gone about every aspect I can think of to get this to just report the 20°. I've offset my alignment 22.5°, 45°, 67.5°, 90°, 112.5°, 135°, 157.5°, 180°, changed line directions, to / from, flipped work planes, 2D & 3D... everything I can possibly think of and it just won't report 20°.

    PC-DMIS CAD++ 2018 R2
    Jesse Krook
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  • #2
    when you get 340 , try clicking the supplemental box

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    • YGOLORTEM
      #2.1
      YGOLORTEM commented
      06-16-2020, 04:41 PM
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      Not it. Like I said, I've tried everything.
  • #3
    Hit F5, then go to Dimension tab, on the bottom right change it to "0 to 360".
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    • #4
      Originally posted by bfire85 View Post
      Hit F5, then go to Dimension tab, on the bottom right change it to "0 to 360".
      That's what I keep it set at. When I switched it to ± 180° it switched from 290° to -70°.

      When I dimension this the nominal automatically populates to 20° but when it's reported I get everything in 20° increments from 90° and 270° except 20°. That's why I rotated my alignment looking for that sweet spot. It just won't give me 20°
      Last edited by YGOLORTEM; 06-16-2020, 04:47 PM.
      Jesse Krook

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      • #5
        Check your workplanes as well.
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        • #6
          Originally posted by acgarcia View Post
          Check your workplanes as well.
          That was my next suggestion.
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          • #7
            Maybe try reversing one of the lines?

            Angle dimensions are probably the least intuitive of all PCDMIS dimensioning.

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            • #8
              Another way I've done it in the past and I'm thinking this was done in V3.7MR4


              Code:
              WORKPLANE/XPLUS
P1 =FEAT/CONTACT/VECTOR POINT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<1.93,0.168,1.687>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
ACTL/<1.93,0.168,1.687>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
TARG/<1.93,0.168,1.687>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
SNAP=YES
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
SHOW HITS=NO
P2 =FEAT/CONTACT/VECTOR POINT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<1.93,0.182,1.779>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
ACTL/<1.93,0.182,1.779>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
TARG/<1.93,0.182,1.779>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
SNAP=YES
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
SHOW HITS=NO
P3 =FEAT/CONTACT/VECTOR POINT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<1.93,0.195,1.87>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
ACTL/<1.93,0.195,1.87>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
TARG/<1.93,0.195,1.87>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
SNAP=YES
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
SHOW HITS=NO
LIN1 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED,NO
THEO/<1.93,0.168,1.687>,<0,0.1478115,0.9890155>
ACTL/<1.93,0.168,1.687>,<0,0.1478115,0.9890155>
CONSTR/LINE,BF,2D,P1,P2,P3,,
OUTLIER_REMOVAL/OFF,3
FILTER/OFF,WAVELENGTH=0
F1 =GENERIC/NONE,DEPENDENT,CARTESIAN,OUT,$
NOM/XYZ,<1.93,0.168,1.687>,$
MEAS/XYZ,<LIN1.X,LIN1.Y,LIN1.Z>,$
NOM/IJK,<0,0,1>,$
MEAS/IJK,<0,0,1>,$
DIAMETER/0,0,$
ANGLE/8.5,[B]RAD2DEG(ATAN(LIN1.J/LIN1.K))[/B],$
DISTANCE/0,0
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              • #9
                Are these constructed lines with just 2 points? if so, try reversing the order on 1 of the lines. Like if pnt1 and pnt2 make the line, flip it to where pnt2 is selected first and then pnt1.

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                • #10
                  It doesn't do a good job of giving complementary angles, just supplementary. Rotate to one of the lines, then ask for the angle of the other to either the X or Y axis.

                  EDIT: Example

                  Code:
                  LIN1 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED
THEO/<0,0,0>,<1,0,0>
ACTL/<0,0,0>,<1,0,0>
MEAS/LINE,2,ZPLUS
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<0,0,0>,<0,1,0>,<0,0,0>,USE THEO=YES
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<2,0,0>,<0,1,0>,<2,0,0>,USE THEO=YES
ENDMEAS/
LIN2 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED
THEO/<0,0,0>,<0.3420201,0.9396926,0>
ACTL/<0,0,0>,<0.3420201,0.9396926,0>
MEAS/LINE,2,ZPLUS
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<0,0,0>,<-0.9396926,0.3420201,0>,<0,0,0>,USE THEO=YES
HIT/BASIC,NORMAL,<0.684,1.8794,0>,<-0.9396926,0.3420201,0>,<0.684,1.8794,0>,USE THEO=YES
ENDMEAS/
DIM DIM_1= 2D ANGLE FROM LINE LIN1 TO LINE LIN2 ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH
AX MEAS NOMINAL +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
A 70.0000 70.0000 0.0004 0.0004 0.0000 0.0000 ----#----
A1 =ALIGNMENT/START,RECALL:STARTUP,LIST=YES
ALIGNMENT/ROTATE,XPLUS,TO,LIN2,ABOUT,ZPLUS
ALIGNMENT/END
DIM DIM_2= 2D ANGLE TO LINE LIN1 FROM YAXIS ,$
GRAPH=OFF TEXT=OFF MULT=10.00 OUTPUT=BOTH
AX MEAS NOMINAL +TOL -TOL DEV OUTTOL
A 20.0000 20.0000 0.0004 0.0004 0.0000 0.0000 ----#----
                  Last edited by RandomJerk; 06-17-2020, 10:23 AM.
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                  • #11
                    Originally posted by dwade View Post
                    Another way I've done it in the past and I'm thinking this was done in V3.7MR4


                    Code:
                    WORKPLANE/XPLUS
P1 =FEAT/CONTACT/VECTOR POINT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<1.93,0.168,1.687>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
ACTL/<1.93,0.168,1.687>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
TARG/<1.93,0.168,1.687>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
SNAP=YES
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
SHOW HITS=NO
P2 =FEAT/CONTACT/VECTOR POINT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<1.93,0.182,1.779>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
ACTL/<1.93,0.182,1.779>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
TARG/<1.93,0.182,1.779>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
SNAP=YES
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
SHOW HITS=NO
P3 =FEAT/CONTACT/VECTOR POINT,CARTESIAN
THEO/<1.93,0.195,1.87>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
ACTL/<1.93,0.195,1.87>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
TARG/<1.93,0.195,1.87>,<0,-0.9890159,0.1478094>
SNAP=YES
SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
SHOW HITS=NO
LIN1 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED,NO
THEO/<1.93,0.168,1.687>,[COLOR=#e74c3c][B]<0,0.1478115,0.9890155>[/B][/COLOR]
ACTL/<1.93,0.168,1.687>,[COLOR=#e74c3c][B]<0,0.1478115,0.9890155>[/B][/COLOR]
CONSTR/LINE,BF,2D,P1,P2,P3,,
OUTLIER_REMOVAL/OFF,3
FILTER/OFF,WAVELENGTH=0
F1 =GENERIC/NONE,DEPENDENT,CARTESIAN,OUT,$
NOM/XYZ,<1.93,0.168,1.687>,$
MEAS/XYZ,<LIN1.X,LIN1.Y,LIN1.Z>,$
[COLOR=#c0392b][B]NOM/IJK,<0,0,1>,$
MEAS/IJK,<0,0,1>,$[/B][/COLOR]
DIAMETER/0,0,$
ANGLE/8.5,[B]RAD2DEG(ATAN(LIN1.J/LIN1.K))[/B],$
DISTANCE/0,0
                    When doing this shouldn't the IJK values of the generic feature match those of the actual line?

                    Code:
                    LIN1 =FEAT/LINE,CARTESIAN,UNBOUNDED,NO
THEO/<1.93,0.168,1.687>,[COLOR=#e74c3c][B]<0,0.1478115,0.9890155>[/B][/COLOR]
ACTL/<1.93,0.168,1.687>,[COLOR=#e74c3c][B]<0,0.1478115,0.9890155>[/B][/COLOR]
CONSTR/LINE,BF,2D,P1,P2,P3,,
OUTLIER_REMOVAL/OFF,3
FILTER/OFF,WAVELENGTH=0
F1 =GENERIC/NONE,DEPENDENT,CARTESIAN,OUT,$
NOM/XYZ,<1.93,0.168,1.687>,$
MEAS/XYZ,<LIN1.X,LIN1.Y,LIN1.Z>,$
[COLOR=#e74c3c][B]NOM/IJK,<0,0.1478115,0.9890155>,$
MEAS/IJK,<LIN1.I,LIN1.J,LIN1.K>,$[/B][/COLOR]
DIAMETER/0,0,$
ANGLE/8.5,[B]RAD2DEG(ATAN(LIN1.J/LIN1.K))[/B],$
DISTANCE/0,0
                    I appreciate all the input from everyone however when I said I've done everything I truly mean I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING. (ie: workplanes, reversing lines, aligning to lines....so on and so forth)

                    I believe DWADES code is likely to be the answer once I get a couple of bugs worked out of the code.
                    Last edited by YGOLORTEM; 06-30-2020, 06:52 AM.
                    Jesse Krook

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                    • dwade
                      #11.1
                      dwade commented
                      06-30-2020, 10:24 AM
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                      I've never had an issue with the angles not working correctly using the code I posted
                    • YGOLORTEM
                      #11.2
                      YGOLORTEM commented
                      07-01-2020, 08:27 AM
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                      10-4 I have to give it a shot
                    • YGOLORTEM
                      #11.3
                      YGOLORTEM commented
                      07-01-2020, 08:42 AM
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                      Thank you dwade
                  • #12
                    To work around this, you could..

                    1) Measure the lines. Stick with the 270° option. Lets say you call it ANGL1. Switch output to NONE.
                    2) Make a generic cone and force the measured value for it's angle to be "270-(ANGL1.MEAS)". Then report the angle of the generic cone and THAT will be your angle between the two lines. Make sure the output is turned back on for this dimension so it shows up on your insp rpt.
                    Last edited by DAN_M; 07-01-2020, 08:32 AM.
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                    • YGOLORTEM
                      #12.1
                      YGOLORTEM commented
                      07-01-2020, 08:28 AM
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                      Makes sense I'll give it a try
                    • DAN_M
                      #12.2
                      DAN_M commented
                      07-01-2020, 08:30 AM
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                      I have done this many times (today being one of them). Works every time. Goodluck!
                    • YGOLORTEM
                      #12.3
                      YGOLORTEM commented
                      07-01-2020, 08:42 AM
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                      Thank you DAN_M
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