From my own analysis it appears that the single hit version uses an approach vector that is perpendicular to the reference points vector. The vector I believe is derived by the unit vector of (|V1| X |V2|) X |V1|, where V1 is the vector on the surface point and V2 is the vector on the point being measured with RMEAS. The X represents the Cross Product function. The first cross product is done between the 2 vectors to obtain a vector normal to the 2 vectors. The cross product of the resulting vector & the surface vector then gives you a vector that is perpendicular to the surface vector V1, but in the same plane as V2.
Does anyone know what the 3 hit version does?
F(F0954M009B) = FEAT/POINT,CART,2531.99,860.834,605.15,0.0437,0.9651,0.2584 MEAS/POINT, F(F0954M009B), 1 ENDMES T(XTOL_4)=TOL/CORTOL,XAXIS,0.0,0.0 T(YTOL_4)=TOL/CORTOL,YAXIS,-0.15,0.15 T(ZTOL_4)=TOL/CORTOL,ZAXIS,0.0,0.0 T(VECTOL_4)=TOL/PROFP,0.0,0.0 TEXT/OUTFIL,'F0954M009B - POINT - INSP=D METAL=0.686' OUTPUT/FA(F0954M009B),TA(XTOL_4),TA(YTOL_4),TA(ZTOL_4),TA(VECTOL_4) GOTO/2536.032,864.531,605.704 F(G0954M009B) = FEAT/POINT,CART,2524.03,857.084,605.007,0.9667,-0.2002,-0.1595 RMEAS/POINT, F(G0954M009B), 1, FA(F0954M009B) ENDMES T(XTOL_5)=TOL/CORTOL,XAXIS,-0.15,0.15 T(YTOL_5)=TOL/CORTOL,YAXIS,0.0,0.0 T(ZTOL_5)=TOL/CORTOL,ZAXIS,0.0,0.0 T(VECTOL_5)=TOL/PROFP,0.0,0.0 TEXT/OUTFIL,'G0954M009B - HEDGE - INSP=D METAL=0.686' OUTPUT/FA(G0954M009B),TA(XTOL_5),TA(YTOL_5),TA(ZTOL_5),TA(VECTOL_5) GOTO/2536.032,864.531,605.704