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CAD transform programmability

David Bendes
Dear Everyone!
I'm trying to write some sort of an automation that can determine the translation compensation of EDM electrodes. The compensation is the difference between the CAD model position and the actual machined electrode position (we are using EROWA fixtures for high precision repeatable positioning).
For this task I need to use the CAD transform window to reposition the electrode by some 0.1 mm-s after each measurement, but it's highly time consuming. Is there some way to:
1. call CAD transform actions via VBA or any other means?
2. translate measured features by a certain vector all at once?
Thanks for your help.
Dv
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  • One last thought.. IF/WHEN ou use the THICKNESS feature, you have to MANUALLY turn it off or it WILL stay turned on, even if you close that program and start another. It even modifies features that it shouldn't. For instance if you used it for a trode check and then start a gage check and want to pick up tooling balls (sphere), it will STILL be turned on and the only place you can see it is in the Parameters of the feature in the edit window. You won't see it in the sphere autofeatures because it isn't an option there, but it WILL mess it up so be careful with this feature.

    Bill
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  • One last thought.. IF/WHEN ou use the THICKNESS feature, you have to MANUALLY turn it off or it WILL stay turned on, even if you close that program and start another. It even modifies features that it shouldn't. For instance if you used it for a trode check and then start a gage check and want to pick up tooling balls (sphere), it will STILL be turned on and the only place you can see it is in the Parameters of the feature in the edit window. You won't see it in the sphere autofeatures because it isn't an option there, but it WILL mess it up so be careful with this feature.

    Bill
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