One point Alignment using CAD

+1 here. One touch set ups were the way I was taught right off the bat even before I went to the PcD classes. I strictly program offline off the CAD model so I'll bring my model in (usually in local coordinates) and put an operator comment in with instructions how to line the datums up with the machine axes or otherwise set up the part. Then I'll program my datums with auto features and the necessary Move To's. If I'm picking up datums on a curved surface or using datum target points, I'll pick up a my datums a couple of times. When that's all said and done, I'll jump back up to the top of the program between the Op comment and first datum feature and find a feature on the model that's easy to identify. Usually it'll be a hole on the floor so I'll have an operator comment to take a "touch just Y pos of the pilot hole on the floor". I set X, Y, and Z on this touch, let the Demon auto update everything below and go to DCC. I'll then level my part, let the Demon auto update, rotate and update and finally set my origin and update. Sounds more complicated than it really is but it makes the Demon earn its keep by doing a lot of the heavy lifting.

+1 here. One touch set ups were the way I was taught right off the bat even before I went to the PcD classes. I strictly program offline off the CAD model so I'll bring my model in (usually in local coordinates) and put an operator comment in with instructions how to line the datums up with the machine axes or otherwise set up the part. Then I'll program my datums with auto features and the necessary Move To's. If I'm picking up datums on a curved surface or using datum target points, I'll pick up a my datums a couple of times. When that's all said and done, I'll jump back up to the top of the program between the Op comment and first datum feature and find a feature on the model that's easy to identify. Usually it'll be a hole on the floor so I'll have an operator comment to take a "touch just Y pos of the pilot hole on the floor". I set X, Y, and Z on this touch, let the Demon auto update everything below and go to DCC. I'll then level my part, let the Demon auto update, rotate and update and finally set my origin and update. Sounds more complicated than it really is but it makes the Demon earn its keep by doing a lot of the heavy lifting.