First time here, I looked around for quit a while and could not find anyone with the same question. I am very new with the cmm (I took the Hexagon lvl 1 course and thats pretty much it... though i was by far the fastest learner there due to my cad experience in engineering).
We have to inspect graphite electrodes that are usually milled a .001 or two off center. I want to be able to inspect them with a cmm and export the data to the EDM (thats a whole different question).
The problem i am running into right now: We have a master ball that defines our center (0,0,0) on the chuck, we also have a master bar for rotational alignment. I am using an Erowa chuck to switch between the master ball, master bar, and the elecrodes (this thing is accurate down to a 1/2 tenth (.00005").
How do i keep that alignment and use it with the electrodes. I did my cad for both the master ball and master bar in one model, so i wasn't really having this problem before. Now, how do i replace that model with the model of the electrode and keep the same alignment.
I would prefer to do everything in one program, but honestly, it don't matter that much
Thank you for any help you can offer.
