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This is probably the last xact-straw for me.

After a week of waiting for the insider Ace card to get back on the compound datum and page break data drop I have heard not a peep. Now I have a new Xactmare. When I create a position dimension, inexplicably the x and y nominal and measured data is caticornered. That is the X nom is -1.6 and the -.72. The measured values in the autofeature in the edit window show -1.59781 & -.71840. All hunkydoryish. Then when I use Xactmeasure to report the position is show the correct noms, but for -1.6 the measured shows -.71779 and the -.72 shows 1.59769. I then dimension the straight location for the same feature, in a vain attempt to understand, and is shows the same as the edit window autofeature.

I have tried all the possible combinations of options in the advanced tab of the position window. I am going to resort to 1-800-343-7933 to ensure they have record of my xactwoes.


Has anyone else seen this? TIA

DATUM_S    =FEAT/CONTACT/CYLINDER,CARTESIAN,IN,LEAST_SQR
            THEO/<-1.6,-0.72,-9.75>,<0,0,1>,1,0.75
            ACTL/<-1.59781,-0.7184,-9.75>,<-0.0002616,0.0002607,0.9999999>,1.00121,0.75
            TARG/<-1.6,-0.72,-9.75>,<0,0,1>
            START ANG=0,END ANG=360
            DIRECTION=CCW
            ANGLE VEC=<1,0,0>
            SHOW FEATURE PARAMETERS=NO
            SHOW CONTACT PARAMETERS=YES
              NUMHITS=7,NUMLEVELS=3,DEPTH=0.2,END OFFSET=0.1,PITCH=0
              SAMPLE HITS=0,SPACER=0
              AVOIDANCE MOVE=NO,DISTANCE=0
              FIND HOLE=DISABLED,ONERROR=NO,READ POS=NO
            SHOW HITS=NO
79, 138, 167 =TRUE POSITION OF DATUM_S
            FEATCTRLFRAME/SHOWNOMS=NO,SHOWPARAMS=YES,SHOWEXPANDED=YES
            CADGRAPH=OFF,REPORTGRAPH=OFF,TEXT=OFF,MULT=10.00,ARROWDENSITY=100,OUTPUT=BOTH,UNITS=IN
            COMPOSITE=NO,FIT TO DATUMS=YES,DEV PERPEN CENTERLINE=ON,OUTPUT ALIGNMENT=Datum Reference Frame
              PRIMARY DIMENSION/TRUE POSITION,DIAMETER,0.01,<MC>,<PZ>,<len>,B,A,C
              SECONDARY DIMENSION/<Dim>,<tol>,<MC>,M,<dat>,<dat>
              NOTE/79, 138, 167
            FEATURES/DATUM_S,,
DIM TESTHOLE_1= LOCATION OF CYLINDER DATUM_S  UNITS=IN ,$
GRAPH=OFF  TEXT=OFF  MULT=10.00  OUTPUT=BOTH  HALF ANGLE=NO
AX    NOMINAL       +TOL       -TOL       MEAS        DEV     OUTTOL
X     -1.60000    0.00300    0.00300   -1.59781    0.00219    0.00000
Y     -0.72000    0.00300    0.00300   -0.71840    0.00160    0.00000
D      1.00000    0.00200    0.00000    1.00121    0.00121    0.00000
END OF DIMENSION TESTHOLE_1

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  • You're using Datum Alignment. Depending on how your cylinder was created, it can be 90 degrees off from your current alignment. Try changing from Datum Reference Frame to Use Current Alignment and see if that helps.


    This would be my suggestion as well. Didn't seem to work though?

    EDIT: Found this in the readme.txt for 2010 MR1:

    263192 - Strange results when using xact TP.
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  • You're using Datum Alignment. Depending on how your cylinder was created, it can be 90 degrees off from your current alignment. Try changing from Datum Reference Frame to Use Current Alignment and see if that helps.


    This would be my suggestion as well. Didn't seem to work though?

    EDIT: Found this in the readme.txt for 2010 MR1:

    263192 - Strange results when using xact TP.
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