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I can't believe I've been running this software for 3+ years and have never used the ON ERROR [checkbox] in the advanced section of the auto features and in case any of you haven't heard of it, I just wanted to share a little information with you all. God only knows I've picked up on a ton of helpful little timesavers from you all...
I was measuring an O.D. a few hours ago and because the location of the O.D. was so far off, my first measurement with a 8mm prehit retract wouldn't even find it. Normally on parts that are known to vary drastically in position, I take a circle with a large prehit and retract prior to doing the actual measurement then I use the relative measure [checkbox] inside of the actual measurement feature or in the case of a feature that is known to be totally out of whack, I would do a readpoint that prompts the operator to place the probe in the center of the O.D. and use the readpoint for the relative measurement.
This ON ERROR option is awesome! It works just like the FIND HOLE for an I.D. but when it is unable to find the O.D. or encounters a false hit during the measurement of the O.D. it prompts you to place the probe in the center and asks you if you want to save the measured value as your new target just like the find hole does. Man, if I knew about this 2-3 years ago I would have saved myself a ton of headaches. I don't know though, this place itself gives me some serious headaches (j/k)...
Is this something new in 3.7 & 4.1 or just something that I have overlooked in the past 3 years? You would have thought that in one of the three B&S classes that I took I would have picked up on that one, but I don't remember anyone pointing that cool little feature out in any of the classes.
I was measuring an O.D. a few hours ago and because the location of the O.D. was so far off, my first measurement with a 8mm prehit retract wouldn't even find it. Normally on parts that are known to vary drastically in position, I take a circle with a large prehit and retract prior to doing the actual measurement then I use the relative measure [checkbox] inside of the actual measurement feature or in the case of a feature that is known to be totally out of whack, I would do a readpoint that prompts the operator to place the probe in the center of the O.D. and use the readpoint for the relative measurement.
This ON ERROR option is awesome! It works just like the FIND HOLE for an I.D. but when it is unable to find the O.D. or encounters a false hit during the measurement of the O.D. it prompts you to place the probe in the center and asks you if you want to save the measured value as your new target just like the find hole does. Man, if I knew about this 2-3 years ago I would have saved myself a ton of headaches. I don't know though, this place itself gives me some serious headaches (j/k)...
Is this something new in 3.7 & 4.1 or just something that I have overlooked in the past 3 years? You would have thought that in one of the three B&S classes that I took I would have picked up on that one, but I don't remember anyone pointing that cool little feature out in any of the classes.
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