I'm trying to write a program using auto features now. I thought I had enough to make the program, but I'm stuck.
An alignment needs 6 degrees of freedom: level to, rotate to about.., and the X,Y, and Z origins. I figured a manual alignment would need the same thing (I'm a terribly good procrastinator and have not been able to look over those sites. Sorry, James).
I have to check a hook clamp with a height of 4.37 from the base to the center of the hooks, a width of 2.27, and a thickness of 1.88. There are 2 hooks (that obviously clamp on to something) toward the back of the part, and there is a hole towards the frot of the part. This hole has 3 different dimensions:
.75, .733, and .404. They want me to check the location of these holes (and the diameters, if I can). I know I can't get the bottom diameter without flipping the part to its back, and the hooks are in the way, so I won't get a good reading for the 2nd diameter, but that's not my question.
I'm trying to do a manual alignment. I leveled to the cylinder of the first diameter, rotated Y-minus about X-minus (the part is sitting straight up and lined up along the y-axis) to the side of the part, set the X and Y-origins to that of the cylinder, and used the top of the part where the hole starts as my Z-origin. The screen won't stop blinking, as to tell me the alignment is not complete. What am I missing or doing wrong?
An alignment needs 6 degrees of freedom: level to, rotate to about.., and the X,Y, and Z origins. I figured a manual alignment would need the same thing (I'm a terribly good procrastinator and have not been able to look over those sites. Sorry, James).
I have to check a hook clamp with a height of 4.37 from the base to the center of the hooks, a width of 2.27, and a thickness of 1.88. There are 2 hooks (that obviously clamp on to something) toward the back of the part, and there is a hole towards the frot of the part. This hole has 3 different dimensions:
.75, .733, and .404. They want me to check the location of these holes (and the diameters, if I can). I know I can't get the bottom diameter without flipping the part to its back, and the hooks are in the way, so I won't get a good reading for the 2nd diameter, but that's not my question.
I'm trying to do a manual alignment. I leveled to the cylinder of the first diameter, rotated Y-minus about X-minus (the part is sitting straight up and lined up along the y-axis) to the side of the part, set the X and Y-origins to that of the cylinder, and used the top of the part where the hole starts as my Z-origin. The screen won't stop blinking, as to tell me the alignment is not complete. What am I missing or doing wrong?
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