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Scanning - Reporting Basics

What do you all do?

We have a print where all the basics are numbered per engineering. The thought is to report out all the basic dimensions along with the profile measurement. What do you do if you have a profile callout of irregular shape with many basic callouts? I am currently using linear open/closed scans.

PC-DMIS 2021.2

Just curious what other programmers/companies currently do.
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  • It isn't common we get asked to evaluate the basic directly. If it were myself, I would choose the beginning diameter/linear and then the end diameter/linear. Everything in between is reliant on the tool path, so those would be the most important influencers on the profile outcome. But it would help to be consistent in your reporting style, by that I mean either report both linear evaluations or both diametrical evaluations, don't mix and match as it will take longer to determine a correction.
    If I only have 1 set of basics, linear/diameter and an angle, I would then choose to report the diameter size and the measured angle of the surface.

    Keep the reference reporting as light as possible to prevent over complicating the analysis.


    I have several profile callouts between points. This section has about 7 different basic dimensions, include distances, angles, radii, radii locations, etc. So if I read your email correctly, I should create start/stop points on scans for each of the 11 surfaces? This is a small enough part that I need my 0.5mm probe. Neutral face

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  • It isn't common we get asked to evaluate the basic directly. If it were myself, I would choose the beginning diameter/linear and then the end diameter/linear. Everything in between is reliant on the tool path, so those would be the most important influencers on the profile outcome. But it would help to be consistent in your reporting style, by that I mean either report both linear evaluations or both diametrical evaluations, don't mix and match as it will take longer to determine a correction.
    If I only have 1 set of basics, linear/diameter and an angle, I would then choose to report the diameter size and the measured angle of the surface.

    Keep the reference reporting as light as possible to prevent over complicating the analysis.


    I have several profile callouts between points. This section has about 7 different basic dimensions, include distances, angles, radii, radii locations, etc. So if I read your email correctly, I should create start/stop points on scans for each of the 11 surfaces? This is a small enough part that I need my 0.5mm probe. Neutral face

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